A Turkish court has sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician, who is seen as a strong potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in next year’s general election.
Imamoglu was on Wednesday sentenced to two years and seven months in prison along with the ban, both of which must be confirmed by an appeals court, for insulting election officials in a speech he made after he won Istanbul’s municipal election in 2019.
