The Lawsuit Filed Against İmamoğlu and Latest Developments
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğlu After the March 31, 2019 elections were annulled by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), the then Minister of Interior Süleyman SoyluA lawsuit was filed for insulting YSK members due to his response to . İmamoğlu responded to a journalist’s question regarding Süleyman Soylu’s statements towards him in a speech, without mentioning his name, saying, “I am saying this to the fool who goes to Europe and complains about Turkey. This nation will make you pay the price for this.”
In this context, İmamoğlu said, “Those who cancelled the elections on March 31st and when we look at where we are in the world, in Europe, in their eyes, when we look at the things that happened, the things that ended, those who cancelled the elections on March 31st are fools. Let’s focus on that first.” He spoke as follows. Following these statements, the then-president of the Supreme Election Council Sadi Guvenfiled a complaint against him and the incumbent YSK members on the grounds that they were insulted.
After the complaint, a lawsuit was filed against İmamoğlu and 2 years, 7 months and 15 days in prison and a political ban decision was made. This decision had a wide repercussion in the public.
IT WAS CLAIMED THAT HIS SENTENCE WILL BE APPROVED
While the case has been ongoing in the Court of Appeal for the last two years, the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Ekrem İmamoğluClaims began to emerge that the sentence would be upheld and sent to the Supreme Court. This situation sparked debate in the political arena.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING IN CHP
Following the developments, the journalist Ismail Kucukkaya, announced on his program on Halk TV that the CHP had decided to hold an extraordinary meeting. This meeting, Tomorrow at 13.30 and the meeting will begin Gul Ciftci, Burhanettin Bulut, Ensar Aytekin, Gokhan Zeybek, Gokhan Gunaydin It was stated that important names such as will participate.
