The Mayor In Turkey Is Being Processed By Law After Accusing Law Enforcement To Be Erdogan's Right Hand 'Bungkam' Opposition

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JAKARTA - Istanbul's prosecutor, Turkey, conducted another judicial investigation into the Mayor of Ekrem Imamoglu for trying to influence the judiciary after he criticized the legal investigation into the cities led by the opposition.

As reported by Reuters on Monday, 27 January, news of the investigation comes minutes after Imamoglu, which Tayyip Erdogan considers, accused his government of using the judicial system as a political tool to suppress opposition.

At a press conference, Immoglu said the same expert witness had been appointed for several judicial investigations against him and other cities in Istanbul run by the main opposition CHP party, where Immoglu originated.

The government rejects allegations of political interference in these cases and says that the judiciary is independent.

The new investigation, reported by Anka news agency and other Turkish media, came a week after a judicial investigation launched against Immoglu for criticizing Istanbul prosecutors for the brief detention of the head of the CHP youth branch.

Immoglu was sentenced to 2022 for insulting public officials when he criticized the decision to cancel the first round of the previous city election, in which he defeated the candidate.

The ruling AK (AKP). He appealed the sentence, but if the sentence was upheld by a higher court, he could be banned from politics for five years.

He was re-elected mayor last year when Erdogan's AKP suffered the worst defeat in city elections.