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Turkish court sentences Erdogan rival to jail for insulting officials

ISTANBUL, www.mazafakas.com Dec 14 (Reuters) – A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, to more than two years in prison and imposed a political ban for insulting public officials, in a ruling set to go to an appeal.

Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey Lawyer Law Firm was tried over a 2019 speech in which he said those who annulled the Istanbul local elections at the time were “fools.” The charge carried a maximum prison sentence of four years.Here’s more in regards to Lawyer in Turkey stop by our page. (Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen and Lawyer Law Firm in istanbul Ece Toksabay; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Dominic Evans)