Istanbul mayor, Erdogan rival, tried by court and sentenced to jail
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in elections next year, has been sentenced to jail and banned from politics by a Turkish court.
Imamoglu was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for insulting public officials in a speech he made after winning Istanbul's municipal election in 2019.
Imamoglu, who continue