Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was removed from the courtroom during a heated hearing on July 8 in the corruption trial, while Beyoğlu Mayor İnan Güney was among six defendants ordered released pending trial.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on July 6 stood trial in three separate cases, involving charges of corruption, espionage and forgery of his university diploma.

Jailed former Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu appeared in court Monday in three separate criminal proceedings, as one of the cases involving allegations...