Ekrem Imamoglu denied that he accused him of trying to influence Turkiye's judicial institutions in his remarks.

Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul, is the main opposition of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, potential challengers. He appeared in court and denied that he tried to influence the charges of judicial institutions.

The 53 -year -old Imamoglu appeared in the Caglayan Courthouse in Istanbul on Friday, facing threats, insults and aiming officials, and tried to influence the trial.

"I don't do any action against any individual. I can't do it in this way. I don't accept allegations against me," Ima Mogu told the prosecutor.

These allegations refer to the criticism of the legal cases of the municipal authorities organized by the opposition, including his own Republican People's Party (CHP). His testimony is related to his remarks of the chief prosecutor and the court experts.

The case for his case is the latest case in a series of legal challenges facing the opposition politicians in Turkurie. The rights organization claims that judicial independence has eroded during the two decade of rule of Erdogan.

Imamoglu has been convicted and the charges are the crime of insulting the highest election committee of Turkiye. If he is convicted in 2022, he will face a political ban. He also accepted the trial and asked him to participate in the bidding, dating back to 2015.

His tens of thousands of supporters gathered outside the court on Friday to protest against legal lawsuit against Ima Mogru.

When the riot police stop the CHP bus from approaching the court, the tension is upgraded. This caused a conflict between the protesters and the police, and the latter responded with tear gas. It is unclear whether any arrest has been arrested.

Imamoglu later spoke at the top of the bus at the top of the bus.

The mayor said: "Today's question is ... the question of seeking rights and justice." "Unfortunately, today's question stems from a conspiracy established with Istanbul."

Ankara's opposition mayor, Mansur Yavas, supports IMAMOGLU, and he also accused the government of turning Turkiye into a "open prison".

The Turkish authorities regularly aimed at criminal charges, lawyers and political representatives, especially since the failure of the Erdogan government in 2016.

"The government is trying to restrict the space of opponents including reporters and intimidate them with unfair allegations," said 71 -year -old Fethi Kocaer in the crowd outside the court. He took the banner readings: "We will fight together."

"The courage and strong position of Mayor Imamoglu will help unite us. We will not give up, but we will strengthen the struggle with unfairness."

Imamoglu was first elected in Istanbul in March 2019. His victory was the blow to Erdogan's Justice and Development (AK) Party, and the party and his former party controlled Istanbul for a quarter of the century.

The AK political party promoted the invalidation of municipal elections, resulting in illegal acts of 16 million people. A few months later, the challenge led to the repetition of the election, and Imamoglu also won.

Last year, IMAMOGLU was elected as mayor of Turkiye.

In recent years, the Turkish authorities have taken out many mayor's elected mayor from the Health Protection Center and the pro -Kurdish party, saying that they are related to "terrorism" investigations.

Turkiye Human Rights Observation Director Emma Sinclair-Webb said on Friday that the practice of dismissing the mayor and the appointment of government trustees is destroying democracy.

Sinclair-WEBB told Reuters: "This is a major attack on the rights of voters to choose their choice representatives, and it is also the right to violate freedom and fair elections."

"When the government talked about the solution of the Kurdish conflict, I saw that these suppression measures continued to continue the measures of democratic election officials, which was frustrated and confused. In the face of any positive solutions of the conflict, this approach would fly away." She added to add. explain.