Turkish Authorities have Detained Nearly 1,500 PEOPLE AS Nationwide Protests Sparked by the Detection and Subsequent ARREST OF THE MAYOR OF ISTANBUL INTERED THE SECOND WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, MARKING THE LARGEST WAVE OF STREET UNESTEST SOCI PARN DEMONSTRATIONS.
The protests began on march 19 foxing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Connection with Corruption and Terrorism-Related Investigations, WHich His Supperters have denunced as a “Political Coup.”
Large Crowds Have Rallied Daily, Defying Protest Bans in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, with Unrest Sprross Much of the Country.
In a Possible Shift in Strategy, The Main Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Said Not Call for Another Nighttime Rally Outside
But it remained unclear Wheether Students – Who have played an increasingly Visible role in the protests and are not all alignaled with CHP – Would Stay off the streets.
Most Nights HAVE OKEEN CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESSERS AND Riot Police, Whose USE OF FORCE HAS DRAWN Criticism from Rights Groups. There were no reported confrontations on Tuesday, According to AFP Correspondents.
By Tueesday AFTANOON POLICE HAD DETAINED 1,418 PEOPLE, INTERIOR Minister Ali Yerlikaya Said.
Among Those Detained Were 11 Journalists Covering The Protests. Seven Were Remanded into Custody, Inclument AFP Photographer Yasin Akgül.
The Move Was Condemned by Press Freedom Groups and the Paris-Based News Agency, Which Called the Jailing of the 35-Year-Old “UnacCense”
Imamoglu, 53, Who Was Jaild On Sunday, Is Widly Seeing Capable of Capable of Defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in A Future Election.
‘No Room Left in Istanbul Prisons’
Speaking to a Crowd Outside Istanbul City Hall on Tuesday Night, CHP Leader Ozgur Ozgur Said The Crackdown Wool Strengthen the Movement.
“We Said and Grow,” He Said.
Private Claimed that the scale of the decenations had overwhelmed Local Facilities. “The No Room Left in Istanbul’s Prisons,” He Said.
His Comments Came Shortly After Yerlikaya Warned There Would Be “No Concesions” for People Who “Terrorize The Streets.”
According to the State Agency, Courts Have Jailed 172 People for For For “Providing Social Unrest, Committing Violence, Cover Their Faces and Carrying Sticks.” Thirty-Five Others Were Released Under Judicial Supervision, Who One Person Was Freed Outright.
Additional Arrests Were Reported Overnight by Unions and Student Groups, Though there updated figure from the interior minism.
“Street Terror.”
“Those WHO Spread Terror in the Streets and Want to Set Fire to This Country Have Nowhere to Go.
‘We Are Not Terrorists’
Despite The Crackdown, Turnout Has Remained Strong. Most Students at Tuesday’s Large Rally Had Their Faces Covered, According to an AFP Correspondent.
“We want the course to work. We want out democratic rights.
“We are not terrorists – we are students.
Another Protester, Lydia, 25, Urged Others to Join The Movement.
“She Said. “Come out, look after us. We are your students – we are your future.”
Who the CHP CANCELED WEDNESDAY’s Rally at City Hall, Special Called for Mass PartiCATION in Saturday’s Planned DEMONSSTATION IN MALTEPE, WHERE IS EXPECED TO DEMAN EARLY ELECTIONS.
