Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival to become president at Turkey’s next election.
Imamoglu, 55, demanded permission to speak and urged the judge to “respect the right of people to defend themselves” – but the judge refused as he launched the trial of more than
