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Huge crowds rally to support Istanbul's banned mayor
By Agence France-Presse
Dec 17, 2022 12:01 am

Istanbul, Turkey: Tens of thousands of Turks swarmed a central Istanbul square on Thursday (Friday in Manila) in solidarity with the city's opposition mayor after he was banned from politics ahead of next year's presidential election.

A criminal court on Wednesday sentenced Ekrem Imamoglu to more than two years in prison and barred him from holding office for the same length of time for 'insulting a public official' in 2019.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu attends a protest of his supporters in front of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in Istanbul on Dec. 15, 2022 (December 16 in Manila), after a Turkish court sentenced him to more than two years jail and banned him from politics ahead of next year's presidential election. AFP PHOTO 

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