The imprisoned mayor of Istanbul and the main Turkish opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglu, was transferred this Sunday to a maximum security prison.
Turkey police arrested more than 1,100 people, including journalists and lawyerssince the protests began on the arrest of the mayor of Istanbulwho is the main rival of the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The imprisoned Mayor of Istanbul and main Turkish opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglhe was transferred this Sunday in a Maximum Security Prisonthe Penitentiary of Marmara, located in the town of Silivri, in the European sector of the country.
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The transfer was made in three minibuses and, in addition to Imamoglu, they were taken 48 accused of corruption From the Courts of Istanbul to the Marmara prison, in front of which the Turkish security forces set up a strong security device, in prevention of manifestations of solidarity towards the imprisoned.
Different international news agencies reported that the Istanbul Court today issued the preventive detention against Imamoglu and other people for alleged crimes of corruption, while The opposition denounced that it is a judicial case for persecutory political purposes
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Simultaneously, also today thousands of people have mobilized in different parts of the country to protest against the imprisonment of Imamoglu, leader of the opponent Republican Party of the People (CHP).
The 48 suspects of corruption declared before the Court, which has dictated against them the cars of preventive detention, while they released another 41 people.
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The Court however dismissed The charges presented against Imamoglu For terrorism For alleged collaboration with the Kurdish separatist armed organization Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The political alliance between the Republican Party (CHP) of Imamoglu and the Dem Prokurdo is considered one of the keys to the opposition triumph in the local elections of March 2024 in Istanbul.
Source: Ambito
