
NEW Party shared the defense book banned by the court and the defense texts in the IBB case digitally.
NEW Party announced that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's book 'Nation is My Witness', which was banned by the court, and the defense texts in the IMM case were made available to the public.
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On August 27, 2026, Istanbul 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace decided to confiscate and ban the book 'Nation is My Witness', which contains the defense of Ekrem İmamoğlu.
NEW Party announced that the full text of detained Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's book titled "Nation is My Witness" and his defense within the scope of the IMM case has been made available to the public.
In the post made on the party's official social media account, it was stated that İmamoğlu was first prevented from making his defense in court, and then the work titled "Nation is My Witness", in which he compiled his defense as a book, was banned.
NEW Party stated that despite these obstacles, they delivered İmamoğlu's statements to the public.
"THEY COULD NOT COME IN FRONT OF THE TRUTH"
The following statements were made in the NEW Party's statement:
"They first prevented Ekrem İmamoğlu, who became the Presidential Candidate with the votes of 15.5 million citizens, from making his defense in court, and then they banned the defense book prepared under the name 'Nation is My Witness'. But they could not prevent the truth."
THE BOOK AND THE DEFENSE TEXT WERE SHARED
The party made the following statement, stating that İmamoğlu's book and the full text of his defense in the IMM Case have been made accessible:
"Now, we present both the book 'The Nation is My Witness' and the full texts of Ekrem İmamoğlu's defense in the IMM Case to the conscience and appreciation of our nation. The nation is our witness. Justice will be served sooner or later!”
In the post, two separate internet addresses were included to download the book and read the defense texts.
THE BOOK 'THE NATION IS MY WITNESS' WAS CONFUSED
After Ekrem İmamoğlu compiled the defense he prepared within the scope of the IBB case, the Istanbul 4th Criminal Court of Peace decided to confiscate the printed and currently being printed copies of the work and ban its distribution and sale on August 27, 2026. Following the decision, NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to the practice, stating that İmamoğlu was prevented from presenting his defense to the public.
In his defense of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality case, which started on October 14, İmamoğlu criticized the proceedings against his book and stated that his right to defense was restricted. After İmamoğlu's four-day defense, the NEW Party announced that it had shared the book and the full texts of his speeches in court with the public.

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