İmamoğlu’s lawyers challenge ban on ‘My Nation Is My Witness’ book: ‘The decision is unjustified and disproportionate!’
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- Lawyers for detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appealed a decision to seize his book and prohibit its distribution and sale.
- They argued that the decision does not identify which passages allegedly constitute a crime and called it arbitrary.
Lawyers for detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu have challenged a decision targeting his book “My Nation Is My Witness.” The decision ordered the book seized and barred its distribution and sale.
In their appeal, the lawyers said the authorities had not identified which statements in the book allegedly constituted a crime. They argued that the lack of an explanation made the decision arbitrary.
“The decision is unjustified and, for that reason alone, highly arbitrary,” the petition said.
The decision is unjustified and, for that reason alone, highly arbitrary.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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