The developments in Turkeysince o prosecutor Furkan Okudan announced that he will appeal the sentence imposed on the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglouwhich he “found a little”.
Thus, “an appeal will be filed to overturn the aforementioned decision due to the fact that there are issues that are contrary to the procedure and the law”, as Imamoglu was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months in prison
It is noted that thousands of Turks demonstrated today against his conviction and the ban on political activity imposed on him, with criticism of the government six months before a presidential election expected to be one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political challenges.
To the sounds of patriotic music, the crowd held Turkish flags in front of Istanbul’s municipality building in the city of 16 million. A large banner with the image of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was hung on the building.
Source: News Beast
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