Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a leading opposition figure and potential challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court on Friday to deny charges that he had attempted to influence the judiciary.
The case against Imamoglu is the latest in a series of legal challenges faced by opposition politicians in Turkey, where rights groups say judicial independence has eroded under Erdogan’s two-decade rule.
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