18.10.2025 16:31
A verdict has been reached in the case against Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was accused of insulting two prosecutors. The court dismissed the case before the trial began, citing that a prepayment had been made.
The former Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Ekrem İmamoğlu, was found guilty in a defamation case opened against him for calling two public prosecutors "people who set up a trap and have lost their honor."
CASE DISMISSED
A public indictment was prepared against Ekrem İmamoğlu for the crime of 'defaming a public official due to their duty,' with a request for a prison sentence of up to 4 years and 1 month, based on the words he used against the prosecutors during his judicial interrogation before his arrest on March 23.
İmamoğlu, who was facing a prison sentence and a request for a political ban, was scheduled to appear before a judge for the first time on October 22. However, the case was dismissed before the trial began after İmamoğlu's lawyers made a prepayment related to the defamation charge.
“DECISION TO DISMISS DUE TO PREPAYMENT”
In the reasoned decision, it was stated, "Although a public case was opened against the defendant Ekrem İmamoğlu for the crime of 'publicly defaming a public official due to their duty,' it has been understood that the crime attributed to the defendant falls within the scope of prepayment according to Article 75 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). Therefore, a prepayment warning was issued to the defendant. It has been understood that the defendant deposited the amount specified in the prepayment warning made by our court to the treasury within the specified time. Accordingly, based on Article 75/3 of the TCK, the public case opened against the defendant is dismissed due to prepayment, the minutes of this session are to be notified to the parties, and the litigation costs are to be left to the public. The parties are notified that they can submit a written petition to our court within two weeks from the date of notification of the reasoned decision, or make a statement to the court clerk to be recorded in the minutes, or submit a petition to the Criminal Court of First Instance where they are located to be sent to our court within the same period, or for the party located in the penal institution, a petition can be submitted to the directorate of the penal institution regarding this matter, or a statement can be made and recorded in the minutes; with the right to appeal to the Istanbul Regional Court of Appeal (if not appealed, the decision will become final), it was stated that the decision was made contrary to the opinion of the Public Prosecutor with the participation of the Public Prosecutor."