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.