Who is in prison by the Turkish opposition leader Akram Imamoglu? | Political news

Istanbul Mayor, the next presidential election scheduled for 2028 is the candidate of the opposition party.

Istanbul Mayor Akram Imamoglu, opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for the next presidential election, scheduled to be held in 2028.

Imamoglu, who was taken into custody on Wednesday, is widely seen as the best President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His arrest, first of all, asked for widespread protests in large cities such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.

Below is a short term of imamoglu’s political career.

Early Life and Education

• Imamoglu was born on June 4, 1970 in Trabzon in the northeastern Turkiye.
• Istanbul University received business management and master’s degree in human resource management.

Istanbul was elected mayor

• In 2008, he joined the Republican People’s Party (CHP), one of the main political parties in Turkey.
• From 2014 since 2019, Istanbul has served as mayor of Istanbul’s Beylikduzu region.
• In 2019, Istanbul was the mayor of Istanbul, defeating the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate. The results were canceled first, but he won in Rerun.
• He was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison in 2022 and was banned from politics for insulting the Election Council during the Istanbul Mayor 2019. He applied to the judge and the ban was waiting.

University degree cancellation

• March 18, 2025, Istanbul University canceled Imamoglu’s bachelor’s degree showed violations with the Council of Higher Education Rules. This cancellation may endanger the rights of the presidential law, as the candidate should be at least a higher education degree of higher education to be a presidential rate.

Arrests and protests

• He became imamoglu on March 19, 2025 been arrested and corruption, to help the PKK and lead the criminal organization. This is widespread protestIt’s still going on.

CHP presidential candidate

• He was Imamoglu on March 24, 2025 selected As the CHP presidential candidate. The next planned election is in 2028. However, it is thought to be the possibility of early elections.