İstanbul’s mayor and key opposition figure, Ikrem Imamoğlu leads Turkey’s largest city and drives debates on democracy and governance.
Deniz Goktas has been convicted on charges of insulting Erdogan and religious values, receiving a 19-month sentence while pending appeal. He has spent nearly three months in pre-trial detention. The case is part of a wider crackdown on critics of Turkey’s Islamo-conservative government.