Istanbul University canceled Ekrem İmamoğlu's university diploma days before his arrest, a decision courts have since upheld despite his legal challenge
Istanbul court keeps Ekrem İmamoğlu and three others jailed in 'political espionage' case; hearings on 13 May and 29 Sept 2026 both ended with continued detention
Turkey's Constitutional Court found no right-to-life violation in the 2016 shooting of Sürmi İnce by a soldier; her family has gone to the European Court
Interior Ministry declined to allow investigation of municipal officials over Gözde Apartment earthquake collapse that killed 25; prosecutors need ministry permission to probe officials
Turkey's Interior Ministry has replaced at least 13 elected mayors, mostly from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, with government-appointed trustees since the 2024 local elections