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Erdogan says courts will fix any mistakes after Istanbul mayor’s sentencing

Erdogan says courts will fix any mistakes after Istanbul mayor’s sentencing

TURKISH President Tayyip Erdogan said that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor. In the meantime, Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings. In his first direct comments on Wednesday's conviction of Ekrem Imamoglu - a potential challenger to Erdogan who was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison and handed a political ban - Erdogan said he did not care who is the opposition candidate in next year's elections. Imamoglu was prosecuted for insulting public officials in 2019 when he criticised a decision to cancel the first…
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