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title: "Hearings continue in İBB trial, non-detained defendants give testimony"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-17-hearings-continue-ibb-trial-non-detained/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-17
updated: 2026-09-17T09:26:03.309Z
category: politics
sources: 2
agreement: differ
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# Hearings continue in İBB trial, non-detained defendants give testimony

Hearings continued in the trial of 414 defendants, including Ekrem İmamoğlu; a company owner told Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık's question, "There is no bribery situation." The number of detained defendants was given differently by two sources, as 50 and 51.

## Where reports differ

- **Independent press** — Medyascope highlights that this was the 18th day of the second hearing, the testimony of non-detained defendants, and the company owner's remark "There is no bribery situation."
- **Pro-government press** — Hürriyet counts the hearing as the 82nd session and reports in detail the list of charges brought against İmamoğlu in the indictment.

## Who is in this story

- [Ekrem İmamoğlu](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ekrem-imamoglu/) — People
- [Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/istanbul-buyuksehir-belediyesi/) — Institutions
- [Mehmet Murat Çalık](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mehmet-murat-calik/) — People

## News sources

- [İBB davasında 2. duruşmada 18. gün: “Rüşvet durumu yok”](https://medyascope.tv/2026/09/16/ibb-davasinda-2-durusmada-18-gun-rusvet-durumu-yok/) — Medyascope (independent) — 2026-09-16
- [İBB'ye yönelik 'Yolsuzluk' davasında 82’nci duruşma](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/ibbye-yonelik-yolsuzluk-davasinda-82nci-durusma-43309315) — Hürriyet (pro-government) — 2026-09-16

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-17-ibb-davasinda-durusmalar-surdu-tutuksuz-saniklar/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-17-hearings-continue-ibb-trial-non-detained/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-17-slushaniya-delu-merii-stambula-prodolzhilis-podsudimye/

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