Turkey demands more than 2,000 years in jail for popular Istanbul mayor
Published: 11/11/2025

Turkey's popular Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, faces a demand for over 2,000 years in jail on corruption allegations, with 401 others also implicated. Imamoglu and the main opposition party deny the charges and view it as a political crackdown due to President Erdogan's declining popularity. The prosecutor alleges a massive corruption network with financial losses to the state, implicating Imamoglu in multiple offenses that could lead to an extensive prison sentence.



