On Sunday (October 26), Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, already imprisoned since March on alleged corruption charges, was charged with espionage in a new case once again demanding his pre-trial detention.

The case alleges that İmamoğlu and two others shared citizens’ private data with British intelligence services in the run-up to 2019’s local elections in order to secure campaign funding.

İmamoğlu has denied the allegations, calling the charges a ‘conspiracy’ against him.

The indictment released by Istanbul’s Chief Prosecutor implicates a British citizen named Christopher Paul McGrath.

Investigative journalist Bahadır Özgür recently shared details identifying McGrath as the director of a cyber security firm named........

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