Istanbul Mayor Sentenced for 'Insulting' Officials in Apparent Attempt to Sideline Key Erdogan Rival

A court in Istanbul handed the city’s popular mayor a political ban that would prevent him from running for the top office, after convicting him on a count of insulting electoral officials.

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