The Turkish authorities have detained 1,133 people throughout Türkiye since the beginning of the protests against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor, Ikram Imamoglu, five days ago, for the Minister of Interior Yerlikaya on Monday (24).
Imamoglu, the main political rival of President Tayeb, Erdogan, was arrested last Wednesday (19). This has sparked the biggest protests in Torism for more than a decade.
On Sunday (23), a court upheld that he was arrested on charges of corruption, which is what he denied. Now the politician is waiting for the trial.
Although the streets are banned in the streets in many cities, Ancient manifestationsThe most peace, continued on the fifth night in a row on Sunday (23), with hundreds of thousands of people.
Yerlikaya Comentou Que 123 Police officers were injured During the protests so far, adding that the government will not allow “street terror”.
Nine reporters who covered protests in many cities reported among the people who were arrested, according to Türkiye journalists on Monday (24). It was not immediately clear because the journalists were arrested.
He is a photographer in Agence France Presse (AFP) among the detained journalists, and the federation added to the X.
The main opposition Party, the Popular Republican Party (CHP), which IMamoglu was part of, called for protests against the court’s decision to arrest the mayor, which they classified as politicized and non -democratic.
The mayor denied the accusations he faced and indicated that they were “uncomfortable”, and also called on protests throughout the country.
President Erdogan commented last week that the government will not accept “public order turmoil.” Its administration denies that investigations are of political motives and say the courts are independent.
Erdogan’s AK spokesman Silic said on Monday that the People’s Republican Party’s invitation to protests aims to cover the problems of the opposition.
“Democratic protest is the right (basic), but the language used by the Republican People’s Party is not the language of democratic protest,” Silic commented.
“No reason” was arrested
Ekm Imamoglu, 54, has been arrested and is waiting for trial, while the Popular Party (CHP) holds the elementary elections to nominate his presidential candidate.
About 15 million votes were released to support the mayor.
Imamoglu prison news covered the first pages of Turkish newspapers on Monday, with the opposition media proposal to do so The mayor was arrested As Erdogan’s main opponent.
Mayor’s supporters stated that his detention shows a lack of justice in Torke.
“I think there is injustice committed against Imamoglu. They put the man in prison for no reason.”
Tatlica, generally from 50 years old, said he believed that there is no justice in Türkiye. “This system cannot continue like this,” he said.
In a speech in the demonstration in the Sarashhan area in Istanbul, in front of the municipal building, the leader of the Republican People’s Party, Ozel Ozil, told that they would continue the protests until IMamoglu was released.
