Vast Crowds of Students Surged Onto Istanbul’s Streets Monday in the Latest Protest Over The Arrest and Istanbul’s Opposition Mayor, Sparking Turkey’s Worst Unrest in Years.
The demonstrations Began After Ekrem İmamoğlu’s 19 detection and HaveSheye Spread to More Tha 55 of Turkey’s 81 Provinces, Sparking Clashes with Riot Police and Drawing International Condemnation.
Police have arrestled More Tha 1,130 Peope Over The Past Six Days, Inclument 43 On Monday Night, The interior minister Said. Among Them Are Journalists, Inclument An Agency France-Presse Photographer.
Imamoglu, 53, of the Main Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Is Widly See The Capable of Defeating Turkey’s Longtime Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Ballot Box.
In Just Four Days He Went The Mayor of Istanbul –
On Monday, Students in Both Istanbul and Ankara Began Gathering in the Early AFTERY AFTER ANNOUNCING THAT BOGOTTING LEctures at the Main Universities in both Cities.
In Istanbul, AS Crowds of Chanting, Flag-Waking Students Headed Through the Streets to Beşiktaş, A port on the Bosphorus, Residents Applauded and Banged Sauced Sauteda in A Show of Support
‘Your Palaces, Our Streets’
After Rallying by the Port, The Students Began Marching Along, the Historic Peninsula to Join the Nightly Protest Outside City Hall, an AFP Correspondent Said.
“This is not a meeting, this is an act of defian against fascism!” CHP Leader Özgür Özgür Özel Told Crowd, Who Held Up Up A Sea of Banners Inclument One Aimed At Erdoğan That Read “Palaces Are Yours, The Streets Are Ours.”
After Meeting His Cabinet on Monday, Erdoğan First Again Accused The Opposition of Provocation The Protests.
“Stop Playing with the Nation’s Nerves,” He Said, Who Also Insisting That Everyshing Was Under Control With The Turkish Economy, Saying
The Move Against Imamoglu Has Badly Hurt The Lira and Caused Chaos on Turkey’s Financial Markets.
The Benchmark BIST 100 Stock Index CLOSED NEARLY 8.0 PERCENT LOWER ON FRIDAY BUT RECOVERED SOMEWHAT ON Monday, Ending The Session AROUND 3.0 PERCENT HIGHER.
On Sunday, Imamoglu Was Overwhelmingly Chosen as the CHP’s Candidate for A 2028 Presidential Run, with Observers Saying it was the Loming Primary That Triggered the Move.
His Jailing Drew Sharp Condemnation from Germany, Who Called it “Totally Unacceptable”, Who Neighboring Greece Said Moves to Undermine Civil Liberties “Cannot Be Tolerated.”
And the European Union Warned Ankara it Needed to Demonstrate “A Clear Commitment to Democratic Norms.” Overnight, France’s Foreign Ministry Said Imamoglu’s Arrest Was a “Serious Attack on Democracy.”
‘Stop Targeting Journalists’
Before Dawn on Monday, Police Detained 10 Turkish Journalists At Their Homes, Incluting An Afp Photographer, “For Covering the Protests,” The Mlsa Rights Group Said.
The Move Was Condemned by the Journalists’ Union of Turkey, The Turkish Journalists Association and Several Orther Association.
“Stop Targeting Journalists!” They Said in Joint Statement, Saying Many Journalists Had Been Subjected to Police Violence, Tear Gas and Plastic Bullets While Reporting.
Reporters withut Borders (RSF) Demanded “The Journalists Arrested”, Said The Group’s Turkey Representative, Erol Önderoğlu.
The detengtions were also denouunced by imamoğlu’s wife.
“What is Being Done to Members of the press and Journalists.
Imamoglu, who Has denouunced the Juudicial Moves Against Him As A Political “Execution withut Trial,” Sent a Defiant Message from Jail Via Hay.
“I Wear a White Shirt That You Cannot Stain.
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