Supporters of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu demonstrate outside the Marmara-Silivri Prison and Courthouse Complex. Photograph: Berk Ozkan/AFP via Getty Images

Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday ​in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival to become president at Turkey’s next election.

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