Overview

• The first hearing was held Friday at the Silivri prison courthouse west of Istanbul, where spectators applauded and chanted as Ekrem Imamoglu entered.
• Prosecutors sought between 2½ and 8¾ years in prison plus a ban on political activity over alleged repeated falsification of official documents.
• Istanbul University revoked his 1995 degree in March over alleged irregularities in a 1990 transfer from a Northern Cyprus institution, and a university diploma is required to run for president.
• Imamoglu has been jailed since March in a separate corruption probe that prompted Turkey’s largest street protests in more than a decade.
• The court set the next hearing for October 20, and the opposition mayor still faces several other cases that could also result in a political ban.