Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in front of the courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2025. Emrah Gurel/AP Photo
A court in Istanbul, Turkey, sentenced the city’s mayor and chief rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu, to another prison term, state broadcaster TRT reported on Wednesday.
Imamoglu, who has been behind bars pending trial since March over separate corruption charges, was handed a sentence of 1 year and 8 months for “insulting and threatening” the chief Istanbul prosecutor, Akın Gurlek, during a panel discussion on Jan. 20.
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