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The voice is firm, the combative tone, but the emotion sensitive. Standing, perched on the roof of one bus, one of those he used during his last electoral campaigns, the mayor of Istanbul denounced for almost half an hour, Friday, January 31, in front of several thousand sympathizers gathered on the immense forecourt of the city court crolked by the police, the ” harassment “ of justice against him. Ekrem Imamoglu had just appeared in two new cases concerning him.

Popular figure of the People's Republican Party (CHP, Center left), main opposition training, mayor of the Bosphorus megalopolis since 2019, he is considered to be the most dangerous rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And he intends to stay. “A councilor does not have to come here, but unfortunately justice is politicized, all of this is only a trap hatched by Ankara. »» He adds, in the form of a promise: “The ballot boxes will come and this government will leave. There is no other way for this to happen. »»

Aimed by several surveys, Ekrem Imamoglu was called upon to testify before a prosecutor for criticisms pronounced against the attorney general of Istanbul, Akin Gürlek, and for having made public on Monday during a crowded press conference, The name of an expert, Satilmis Büyükcanayakin, almost systematically designated in all current surveys against mayors of Istanbul led by the CHP. “If I do not denounce these actions, who will do it?” »»he asked for applause.

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