Türkiye
Tens of thousands protest against imamoglu detention
After the arrest of Mayor Imamoglu, demonstrators in Istanbul demand his release. The CHP demands early elections.
In Istanbul, tens of thousands of people protest against the detention of the deposed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu at a rally. Following a call to his CHP party, they gathered in the Maltepe district, waved Turkey flags and demanded the release of the popular politician.
Imamoglu was arrested because he had opposed the “dictator”, said CHP chairman Özgür Özel to the crowd. The place for resistance is the street.
Suitable Erdogan challenger
Imamoglu is considered the most important challenge of state chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential election planned for 2028 and was arrested on March 19 in connection with corruption and terrorist allegations, later arrested and discontinued for the first.
The 53-year-old is held in the Marmara high-security prison in Istanbul. Despite his arrest, he was nominated as a candidate for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) last week.
1,900 people arrested – also journalists
In addition to Imamoglu’s family, the peaceful demonstration on the eve of the Muslim sugar festival also took part in the families of the protests.
According to the Turkish Ministry of the Interior, almost 1,900 people have been arrested since the start of the protests, including several journalists. 260 people were arrested. In a first indictment, the Istanbul public prosecutor calls up to three years in prison for 74 of the demonstrators for participating in banned meetings, as the state broadcaster report reports.
Erdogan claims that the imprisonment of Imamoglu and several of his employees is part of an independent examination and accuses the CHP of wanting to cover up a nationwide corruption network. He threatened to uncover further corruption within the CHP and announced a tough approach to demonstrators.
The police are made on the part of the opposition. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on platform X that connections to twelve different terrorist organizations were found in the arrested. According to lawyers, most of the arrested are students.
dpa
Source: Stern
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