Justice: Türkiye: Pre -trial for imamoglu ordered

The Mayor of Istanbul and important opponent of head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu, must be custody. A Turkish court ordered this, as the state news agency Anadolu reported.

Imamoglu was arrested together with dozens of other people on Wednesday, a few days before his planned nomination as a presidential candidate of the largest opposition party CHP. Imamoglu is made terrorist and corruption allegations in two procedures.

The arrangement of the pre -trial detention was initially associated with the corruption investigation. Against 106 people are determined in both procedures. Prevention is also ordered against Imamoglus consultants and many others. Imamoglu rejects all allegations.

Oppositional as well as observers accuse the government of wanting to switch off a political competitor with its approach to Imamoglu. Despite the prohibitions on the demonstration, his arrest caused great protest in the country, which has lasted for several days. The CHP spoke of 300,000 participants in Istanbul alone on Friday. The number could not be checked.

At that time, Imamoglus election is considered a bitter defeat for AKP

Imamoglus Sieg 2019 in Istanbul is considered a bitter defeat of the AKP party of Erdogans, which until then ruled the big city. Imamoglu won again in Istanbul 2024. Istanbul is the most populous metropolis in the country and both politically as economically of central importance. Politically, control over Istanbul is often seen as a symbol for the general political influence in the country.

Erdogan’s promotion had also started in Istanbul when he was elected mayor there in 1994.

The background to the terrorist investigations against Imamoglu is a cooperation between the CHP and the Prourdish DES party in the local elections. Anadolu quoted the prosecutor’s office on Wednesday cited the PKK’s banned Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK to expand its influence.

The CHP chairman Özgür Özel had called the arrest of his party friend a “civil coup”. Erdogan’s party defends itself against the accusation and called him the “summit of political unreasonation”.

Nomination Imamoglus further planned

Regardless of the allegations, the CHP wants to capture the planned nomination Imamoglus as the party’s presidential candidate today. In the nationwide vote, 1.7 million party members of the CHP are called to give up their vote.

Imamoglu is the only candidate. Observers classify him as a promising challenger of Erdogan, but the investigation can prevent his official candidacy. The next regular presidential election is scheduled for 2028.