Istanbul mayor says court ruling a "great unlawfulness, political"

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said a jail sentence he was handed by a Turkish court on Wednesday was political and unlawful, and a sign of current conditions in the country.

A Turkish court sentenced Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in elections next year.