Turkey Launches Probe Into Istanbul Mayor on Fake Diploma Claim
A billboard of Ekrem Imamoglu, last year.
Photographer: David Lombeida/BloombergTurkey has launched a new investigation into Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, state media reported, one day after he applied to become the main opposition party’s candidate for president.
The probe by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office was started on claims that Imamoglu “forged official documents” and that his university diploma is fake, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. He has been invited to the prosecutor’s office on Wednesday to give a statement.