The lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who like the mayor is in jail under an expanding crackdown on Turkey’s opposition, told Reuters on Monday he faces “entirely fabricated” charges meant to criminalise the right to a legal defence.
Mehmet Pehlivan, who had already been detained for a day in March, has been held since last month on charges of membership of an unspecified criminal organisation.
A probe into the
