Overview
- The indictment alleges fraud, money laundering, bid rigging, bribery and attempted abuse of power, and includes several CHP municipal officials and Imamoglu’s lead lawyer as co-defendants.
- Prosecutors say the alleged network caused about 160 billion lira and $24 million in losses to the Turkish state over a decade.
- The case has been transmitted to an Istanbul court that will set a trial date if it accepts the filing, with hearings to be held at the Silivri prison complex where Imamoglu is detained.
- According to the state news agency Anadolu, the charges carry potential cumulative sentences of up to roughly 2,430 years.
- Imamoglu and the CHP deny wrongdoing and call the process political, while prosecutors also seek to pursue the party over an alleged unlawful transfer of electoral rolls.