Overview
- State agency Anadolu reported that the order alleges İmamoğlu led a criminal group, conducted espionage to secure international backing, and engaged in corruption to raise funds for a presidential bid.
- The warrant also names his campaign strategist Necati Özkan and Tele1 editor Merdan Yanardağ, days after the government placed the broadcaster under state control.
- İmamoğlu rejected the accusations in statements carried by Turkish media, calling the claims absurd and a conspiracy.
- Roughly a thousand supporters gathered outside Istanbul’s Caglayan courthouse during his appearance, according to reporters on the scene.
- CHP leaders denounced the move as politically motivated, while the earlier corruption case against İmamoğlu remains in pre-trial detention with no indictment reported.