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Jailed İStanbul Mayor Alleges Government Insiders Profited From Stock Manipulation at Spying Trial - Turkish Minute

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu accused people close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of profiting from Turkey’s investment fund scandal and protecting those responsible as he appeared at a political espionage trial on Tuesday. İmamoğlu, Erdoğan’s leading political rival, was speaking at the third hearing of a case in which prosecutors accuse him and […]
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BOLD – Ekrem İmamoğlu, the suspended mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, made striking statements regarding the fund investigation during the third hearing of the trial in which he is being prosecuted on charges of "political espionage." Referring to his family's 30-35 year business history and the 3,300 apartments they built, İmamoğlu said, "My wife and I earned in 4 months what we couldn't earn in 35 years." "We built 3,300 apartments…

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor İmamoğlu made his defense in the third hearing of the trial in which he is being prosecuted on charges of "political espionage." Referring to the ongoing fund crisis, İmamoğlu targeted those in power, saying, "Spouses, friends, relatives; nepotism has reached its peak." He claimed that "the fingers of the high-level bureaucracy and palace politics are involved in these funds," while the prosecutor request…

Detained presidential candidate and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, in his defense in the "political espionage" case, touched upon the fund crisis, saying, "Everyone involved in this is a member of this government. Their spouses, friends, relatives; they are all involved. The fingers of the high-level bureaucracy and palace politics are in these funds. It's so obvious. They are the ones who will regulate, they are …

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Kısa Dalga broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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