Ekrem İmamoğlu to face trial today across three separate cases: Diploma, IBB, and espionage lawsuits

Ekrem İmamoğlu to face trial today across three separate cases: Diploma, IBB, and espionage lawsuits

The CHP presidential candidate and Mayor of the IBB, Ekrem İmamoğlu, will appear before a judge today in cases concerning "political espionage", his diploma, and the IBB.

 The CHP presidential candidate and Mayor of the IBB (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality), Ekrem İmamoğlu, will appear before a judge today in three of the lawsuits filed against him.

İmamoğlu's diploma case, the main lawsuit directed at the IBB in which he is among the defendants, and the case in which he is tried on espionage charges will be heard today. The trial in which the CHP presidential candidate and Mayor of the IBB, Ekrem İmamoğlu, is being tried while in pre-trial detention on charges of "political espionage", alongside journalist Merdan Yanardağ, his political advisor Necati Özkan, and Hüseyin Gün, will continue today.

The hearing of the lawsuit filed against İmamoğlu at the Istanbul 59th Criminal Court of First Instance over allegations of "forgery of official documents in a chained manner regarding his diploma" had also previously been adjourned to July. The 414-defendant IBB case, in which Ekrem İmamoğlu is among the defendants held in pre-trial detention, will also continue today.

The IBB case will be heard today by the Istanbul 40th Assize Court in the No. courtroom of the Marmara Closed Prison in Silivri. Thus, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who will appear before a judge today in three of the lawsuits filed against him, will be tried on the same day in the "political espionage" case, the diploma case, and the IBB case.

Note: This article is translated from the original article titled Ekrem İmamoğlu bugün üç ayrı dosyadan yargılanacak: Diploma, İBB ve casusluk davası, published in BirGün newspaper on July 6, 2026.

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