Today, a Turkish court sentenced the mayor of Istanbul to two years in prison for using the term “fool” to describe election officials. The mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu, is a political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Host Marco Werman finds out what this means for Turkish politics from The World’s Durrie Bouscaren, who is covering the case in Istanbul.
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