20.10.2025 12:52
Ekrem İmamoğlu appeared before the judge again with a request for a prison sentence of up to 8 years and 9 months on charges of "forgery in official documents." Before the hearing held in Silivri, there was a scuffle between the crowd wanting to enter the courtroom and the gendarmerie.
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Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from the position of Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, is appearing before the judge for the second time with a request for a prison sentence of 2 years and 6 months to 8 years and 9 months on the charge of "systematic forgery of official documents" related to the allegation that his diploma is fake.
TRIAL VENUE CHANGED
Due to the inadequacy of the courtroom of the 59th Criminal Court of First Instance at the Istanbul Courthouse, the trial is being held in Courtroom No. 1 located in the Marmara Closed Penal Institution campus in Silivri. In the first hearing held on September 12, the indictment was summarized, and the trial was postponed to Monday, October 20, by an interim decision.
SCUFFLE OCCURRED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COURTROOM
Before the hearing, tension arose between the crowd wanting to enter the courtroom and the gendarmerie. Citizens wishing to watch the trial crossed the barriers and came to the front of the courtroom. A scuffle broke out between the gendarmerie and the crowd after the barriers were knocked down.
After the incidents, security measures were increased, and access to the courtroom was temporarily closed. Following the end of the tension, the start of the trial is expected.
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