nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20260409-173448-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260409s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20260409-173448-0 doi eng 342 23 Erhan, Doruk Author aut Holding Fast - The İmamoğlu Trial and the Fragilities of Lawfare Erhan, Doruk Verfassungsblog 2026-04-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Perhaps the most memorable line in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises appears in an otherwise minor exchange. Bill Gorton asks the dissolute, perpetually broke Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” Campbell replies. “Gradually, and then suddenly.” Campbell’s road to ruin will strike a familiar chord for those of us who study the rule of law in Turkey. After gradual and continuous deterioration, March 2026 will stand apart. It marks one full year since Ekrem İmamoğlu was placed in detention and his trial formally began. CC BY-SA 4.0 AKP Ekrem İmamoğlu Silivri Turkey Türkei (DE-588)4061163-2 gnd Türkei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/holding-fast/ raw object