Turkish prosecutors seek jail for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu
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Indictment calls for a four-year sentence over claims Imamoglu insulted election officials after cancelled vote.
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to four years for the mayor of Istanbul for insulting election authorities, according to state-owned news agency Anadolu. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party, was elected mayor of Turkey’s biggest city in June 2019 in a rerun vote after an earlier election was cancelled over allegations by the ruling AK Party of fraud. The prosecutors’ indictment calls for Imamoglu to be given a four-year sentence for insulting Supreme Election Board members in a speech he delivered after the cancellation of the first round of elections in March 2019, Anadolu said.More Related News