The court docket board sentenced Ekrem İmamoğlu to 2 years 7 months and 15 days in jail and thus the political ban course of started.
If the choice is upheld by the Appeal and Supreme Court, Ekrem İmamoğlu might be banned from politics. In his first assertion after the sentence, İmamoğlu stated, “A handful of people cannot take the authority given by the people. Our struggle starts stronger.”
The listening to, which began at 11.30 am on the Anadolu Court of Justice in Kartal, was held on the Anatolian seventh Criminal Court of First Instance. Many CHP and IYI Party members have been additionally current on the listening to as spectators.
The prosecutor, repeating his opinion on the deserves on the listening to, demanded the implementation of the utmost sentence of imprisonment (4 years and 1 month) for İmamoğlu and the implementation of Article 53 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which incorporates ‘political prohibition’. Rejecting the refusal of the choose’s request as soon as once more, the court docket adjourned the listening to at 13.15 till 16.00. The trial resumed at 16.08 after a 3-hour break. After the attorneys’ defenses, the court docket adjourned the listening to for half-hour to clarify its resolution.
Announcing its resolution after the final break, the court docket board sentenced İmamoğlu to 2 years, 7 months and 15 days in jail. The court docket dominated that the 53rd article of the TPC, which features a ‘political prohibition’, also needs to be utilized to İmamoğlu.
In order for İmamoğlu to be banned from politics, the enchantment and Supreme Court levels of the case have to be accomplished. If the choice is finalized, the IMM Assembly will elect a brand new president as an alternative of Imamoglu. Imamoglu can even not have the ability to take part within the 2023 and 2024 elections.
In his first assertion after the sentence, İmamoğlu stated, “A handful of people cannot take the authority given by the people. Our struggle is starting stronger, with Allah’s permission.”
Imamoglu, in a press release on his social media account after the break within the listening to, invited all Istanbulites to the town corridor at 16.00, when the decision of the case in opposition to which he was placed on trial might be introduced.
Imamoglu stated, “Sarachane is the home of 16 million Istanbulites. Just as Istanbul and Turkey claimed their will before, they will do so today. Regardless of the decision, I invite everyone to Saraçhane at 16:00 to show either our joy or our will.”
Tens of hundreds of individuals gathered in Saraçhane
The political ban resolution on Imamoglu was introduced to the residents gathered in Saraçhane. The resolution was protested by residents booing. “Right, law, justice”, “Government resign” slogans have been chanted.
Citizens gathered in Saraçhane upon the decision of Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Many political events {and professional} organizations additionally supported İmamoğlu’s name.
Addressing the residents, İmamoğlu stated, “The main reason for our meeting here tonight is the great lawlessness we have experienced. Mr. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called me and tomorrow we will be together with the leaders of the Six Tables at the house of the people of Istanbul.”
Imamoglu stated:
“Of course, I wouldn’t want to experience that bad decision of the judiciary that brought us this shameful environment and invite you here. As soon as an environment where your decision was ignored became a habit, we would have played into the hands of those who made this country unsustainable. That’s why we invited you here. Proving that there is no justice. it is a case that governs the will of those who want to put a handful of people on the orbit they want. I wish this case was a civil lawsuit. Every decision they take is for their own benefit. A handful of people have also stopped fighting bravely and bravely. They resort to the unthinkable business to protect their own order. and the process of people enforcing transactions. This corrupt order actually started on the night of March 31, when they dared to close the data and take the election from us through Anadolu Agency. You slapped the slap, but they were not satisfied. Those who set out as ‘the nation’ that day say that we are the state today. They will not get results. If my hope this morning is one, my current hope is a thousand. They don’t block the road. Do you know for what? So that those who come here will be in a difficult situation. You can use your power in court to trouble us, but in vain. We have 2023 ideals. We succeeded in Istanbul, we will succeed in Turkey. It may have been 3.5 years, but I still have my youth. We still have high hopes”
