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‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger – podcast

He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including fraud and organised crime, could take 12 years

By Kaya Genç. Read by Philip Ishak Arditti

This piece first appeared in the Dial