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Court ejects Istanbul mayor from corruption trial

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was nominated to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2028 election, but he has been in custody since March last year. (Photo: AFP)

ISTANBUL - Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a leading opposition figure, was removed again from court on Wednesday, at the latest hearing in his trial for corruption, Turkish media said.

The television channel T24 said on X that the 55-year-old politician, considered to be the main opposition challenger to Turkey’s veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had been “expelled from the courtroom … for disrupting order and discipline”.

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