Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor Imamoglu pending trial

Istanbul: A Turkish court imprisoned the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday waiting for the state media and other broadcasters said, in a movement that probably warned the country’s greatest protests in more than a decade. The decision to send Imamoglu, who is the main political rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, to prison occurs after the main opposition party, European leaders and tens of thousands of protesters criticized the actions against him as politicized.