Interim CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu says İmamoğlu is not a political prisoner

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, reinstated as CHP's interim leader after a court annulled the party's 2023 leadership vote, told Euronews the jailed İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is not "a political prisoner", while calling his detention itself unjustified. "We have to separate the trials he faced from the presidential candidacy," Kılıçdaroğlu said, adding he would still vote for İmamoğlu's future presidential bid. İmamoğlu was arrested in March 2025 on corruption charges, with prosecutors seeking a combined 2,430 years in prison.

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