For what is İmamoğlu on trial since January 2022?
Insulting electoral officials
Tax evasion
Corruption charges
Organized crime
Answer
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, is being tried in a controversial case that has exposed divisions within Turkey’s judiciary and raised concerns about political interference in the justice system. The charges against him stem from a 2019 speech in which he criticized election officials for annulling the results of a mayoral election that he had won.
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