An Istanbul court on Wednesday imposed a political ban and two years and seven months in jail on the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, for insulting Turkish election officials in a 2019 speech. The court decision is not final, pending approval by the Supreme Court of Appeals, İmamoğlu’s lawyer Kemal Polat told dpa. If the decision is upheld, İmamoğlu will have to step down as mayor, meaning he will be replaced by a figure from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party – which dominates the city council. “This decision is proof that there is no justice left in Turkey,” a defiant İmamoğlu told h…