Turkey Elections #2: Breaking... Will this song really end here?
Erdogan's probable rival İmamoğlu is sentenced to 2 years, 7 months and 15 days in prison. What now?
In the last section of my previous letter Turkey Elections #1, I mentioned that the two most likely presidential candidates of Turkey’s 6-party alliance are CHP’s (Republican People’s Party) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. A court sentence issued on December 14, 2022 will have a great impact on this decision. I will elaborate.
The court sentenced İmamoğlu to 2 years, 7 months and 15 days in prison for insulting the members of Turkey’s supreme election council by calling them ‘fools’ three years ago. The court decision was premeditated and politically motivated. The previous trial judge was replaced due to his alleged complaints that he was being forced to sentence İmamoğlu to more than 2 years in prison, which would result in him being politically banned. 2 years is the threshold here. As the outcome of the trial displays, the new judge listened to the big boss and ruled in a way that would change the cour…
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