{"id":26744,"date":"2026-02-27T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/26744\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:02:07","slug":"turkish-court-rejects-lifting-travel-ban-on-jailed-mayor-imamoglus-son-to-attend-scientific-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/26744\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish court rejects lifting travel ban on jailed Mayor \u0130mamo\u011flu\u2019s son to attend scientific conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Selim-Dilek-Imamoglu.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Selim-Dilek-Imamoglu-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Selim-Dilek I\u0307mamog\u0306lu\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Turkish court has rejected a request to temporarily lift an international travel ban on the son of jailed \u0130stanbul Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, preventing the young physics researcher from presenting his work at a scientific conference in Germany,<\/p>\n<p>According to the Halk TV news website, the \u0130stanbul 40th High Criminal Court <a href=\"https:\/\/halktv.com.tr\/gundem\/imamoglunun-ogluna-bilimsel-sunum-icin-yurt-disina-cikis-izni-verilmedi-1011426h\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">denied<\/a> Mehmet Selim \u0130mamo\u011flu\u2019s application. An appeal lodged by his lawyers against the decision was also rejected.<\/p>\n<p>His research was accepted by the German Physical Society, one of Europe\u2019s leading physics associations. The conference is scheduled to take place at the Technical University of Dresden from March 8 to 13.<\/p>\n<p>Dilek \u0130mamo\u011flu, the mayor\u2019s wife, announced the ruling in a post on X on Friday, criticizing what she described as interference in a young scholar\u2019s academic future. \u201cIt is unacceptable for political ambitions to stand in the way of a young person\u2019s scientific career,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"tr\" dir=\"ltr\">Ailelere bedel \u00f6detmeyin, aileleri siyasete kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131rmay\u0131n diyoruz; ancak ne yaz\u0131k ki adaletsizli\u011fin s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131 her ge\u00e7en g\u00fcn daha da geni\u015fliyor.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00fcy\u00fck o\u011flum Selim \u0130mamo\u011flu, \u0130stanbul Teknik \u00dcniversitesi\u2019nde Fizik M\u00fchendisli\u011fi B\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc&#8217;nde y\u00fcksek lisans e\u011fitimine b\u00fcy\u00fck bir emekle\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dilek Kaya \u0130mamo\u011flu (@dk_imamoglu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dk_imamoglu\/status\/2027312650908995667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mehmet Selim \u0130mamo\u011flu is standing trial along with his father, grandfather and uncle on charges of \u201claundering of assets derived from crime.\u201d The first hearing in the case is scheduled for March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, a leading figure in Turkey\u2019s main opposition and widely seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s strongest political rival, was detained on March 19 and <a href=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkish-court-arrests-istanbul-mayor-in-graft-probe-amid-protests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested<\/a> days later on corruption charges. Critics and international observers say the case is politically motivated, aimed at sidelining a major challenger ahead of the 2028 general election.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Turkish court has rejected a request to temporarily lift an international travel ban on the son of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[17278,312,17279,17280,1181,17281,429,131,132,155],"class_list":{"0":"post-26744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-dilek-imamoglu","9":"tag-human-rights","10":"tag-ibb-trial","11":"tag-international-travel-ban","12":"tag-istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu","13":"tag-mehmet-selim-imamoglu","14":"tag-oppression","15":"tag-stockholm","16":"tag-sweden","17":"tag-turkey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}