Turkish democracy under pressure: Erdogan’s top rival sentenced to two years in prison.

A Turkish court convicted Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of threatening a chief prosecutor and sentenced him to a year and eight months in prison on Wednesday.

Imamouglu, who is the Presidential candidate for the lead opposition party CHP has already been in jail since March 23 pending trial on separate corruption charges.

Wednesday’s conviction is based on comments made on Jan. 20 in which Imamouglu accused Istanbul’s Chief Public…