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İmamoğlu’s Diploma Trial Opens as Turkey Tightens Pressure on CHP

Prosecutors seek up to eight years nine months plus a political ban, threatening his eligibility for the presidency.

Overview

  • Ekrem İmamoğlu appeared in a Silivri courtroom as a new case began over alleged forgery of his university diploma, which he rejects as politically driven.
  • State media report prosecutors are requesting up to eight years and nine months in prison and a ban from political activity, with a university degree required to run for president.
  • A higher court in Ankara overturned an Istanbul ruling that had removed the CHP’s provincial leadership, though legal and police pressure on the party continues.
  • Istanbul prosecutors ordered 48 arrests in corruption probes and police searched 72 locations, detaining Bayrampaşa’s CHP district mayor Hasan Mutlu.
  • A separate case challenging the CHP’s 2023 national congress is scheduled for September 15 in Ankara and could target party leader Özgür Özel.