The 108th day of the trial concerning the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) began with the hearing of release requests from the detained defendants. In the trial held by the Istanbul 33rd High Criminal Court at the Silivri courtroom, the defendants were brought to the hall in the morning hours.
In the case involving 436 defendants, including presidential candidate and IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 46 people are being tried while in detention. Spectators in the courtroom gave a standing ovation to the defendants as they were brought in and called out to their relatives by name.
It was reported that the release requests of the detained defendants would be heard during this week's session of the trial. The court panel is expected to issue its interim decision on Thursday.
The first person to take the stand today for a release request was Kağan Sürmegöz, the Head of the IMM Real Estate Management Department, who has been in detention for 20 months.
News Source: 12punto
