Istanbul’s mayor goes on trial with 400 others in effort ‘to remove him from politics’
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Critics say sprawling corruption case against Ekrem İmamoğlu aims to stop him running as president against Recep Tayyip ErdoğanA mass trial of 400 people including the jailed mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has opened in T...

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Istanbul’s mayor goes on trial with 400 others in effort ‘to remove him from politics’

^{Ruth Michaelson (The Guardian)}