ISTANBUL: A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests in more than decade.
The decision to send Imamoglu — who is President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival — to prison comes after the main opposition party, European leaders and tens of thousands of protesters criticized the actions against him as politicized.
The court said Imamoglu and at least 20 others were jailed as part of a corruption investigation. A separate ruling on a terror-related investigation has yet to be issued.Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Sunday that he will not bow down after court ruled to jail him pending trial over corruption related investigation.
"We will, hand in hand, uproot this blow, this black stain on our democracy... I am standing tall, I will not bow down," Imamoglu said in a post on X.
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Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor Imamoglu pending trial
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Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor Imamoglu pending trial
- Ruling likely to stoke tensions after four days of protests
- The court said Imamoglu and at least 20 others were jailed as part of a corruption investigation
Israel bans PA’s Jerusalem affairs minister from entering West Bank
- Ashraf Al-Awar has 72 hours to appeal the decision
- He was previously banned for 6 months last year
LONDON: Israeli authorities issued a six-month ban on Ashraf Al-Awar, the Palestinian Authority’s minister for Jerusalem affairs, preventing him from entering the occupied West Bank.
The ministry said on Thursday that Israeli authorities issued Al-Awar a ban decision after summoning him for interrogation at the Al-Maskubiya detention center in Jerusalem.
He has 72 hours to appeal the decision, which is part of Israeli policy targeting Palestinian leaders from Jerusalem and restricting the work of national institutions in the city, according to the ministry.
In early 2025, Israel banned Al-Awar from entering the West Bank for six months.
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