15.10.2026 19:11
A new investigation has been launched into Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested and removed from office as part of a corruption investigation into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an ex officio investigation had been launched on the charge of "publicly insulting public officials due to their duties," on the grounds that İmamoğlu used statements targeting the judicial personnel conducting the investigation in his defense in the İBB case.
A new investigation has been launched against Ekrem İmamoğlu, who, after being arrested in the corruption investigation targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), was removed from his post as IMM Mayor.
GROUNDS: INSULTING A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
The Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that an ex officio investigation had been launched against İmamoğlu on the charge of “publicly insulting public officials due to their duties,” on the allegation that he used statements targeting members of the judiciary in his defense in the IMM case.
The statement made by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office included the following: “Due to the statements made by Ekrem İMAMOĞLU, one of the defendants in the case file numbered 2026/208 Esas of the Istanbul 33rd Heavy Penal Court, at the hearing dated 15/10/2026, targeting the members of the judiciary conducting the investigation underlying the public case, an ex officio investigation has been initiated by the Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the charge of ‘publicly insulting public officials due to their duties.’”