Balgarianovinite.com In the courtroom at Marmara Penitentiaries Campus near the city of Silivri, the trial against the suspended Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu continued on one of the many charges against him, namely “forming an organization with the intent to commit crimes”, in which 107 people are defendants, including mayors of municipalities from the opposition Republican People’s Party, officials and businessmen.
On Friday, at the latest, 15th hearing of the criminal court, the judge announced an interim decision that had been adopted unanimously by the judicial panel. According to the decision, 18 people have been granted conditional release from prison and a ban on leaving the country. The remaining 89 people in this case remain in custody.
Among those conditionally released are employees from various departments of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
The trial against Ekrem İmamoğlu, in which a total of 407 people are defendants, began on 9 March, one year after his arrest.
The prosecution is seeking up to 2,352 years in prison for İmamoğlu, who is charged with “forming an organisation with the intent to commit crimes”, “concealing evidence of a crime”, “obstructing communication”, “damaging public property”, “bribery”, “public dissemination of misleading information”, “extortion”, “fraud against public institutions”, “money laundering of assets obtained from criminal activity”, and “bid rigging”. 18 Defendants in Istanbul Mayor Case Granted Conditional Release, 89 Remain in Custody 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-03 12:02:04 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law