Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses the supporters during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 22, 2024. Yasin Akgul/AFP/Getty Images Istanbul Reuters —

A Turkish prosecutor demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu , the jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that cost the state billions of lira, according to an indictment seen by Reuters.

Imamoglu, who is President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, has previously denied all the accusations against him, saying they are politically motivated, and his party on Tuesday rejected the latest charges as “nonsense.”

In a separate move that also deepened an unprecede

See Full Page