ISTANBUL (AP) – The Head of Turkey’s Main Opposition Party Visited Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ecrem immamogl On Tuesday After Six Nights Massive Protests Calling for feeling.
Imamoglu, Arrested on March 19 on Corruption Chargesis the main challenger to the presidident Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-Year Rule. His arrest has been widly Viewed as Politically Motivated and sparked disasstrations, Some Turning Violent, Across The Country. The Government Insists Turkey’s Judijiary is independent and free of political influence.
Ozgur Ozel, The Leader of Imamoglu’s Republican People’s Party, Or CHP, Arrived at Silivri Prison, West of Istanbul, in a Convoy of Vehicles Tuesday Morning. He is experted to brief, the intervention of the mayor, while the secret in the jail.
Especially Announced the Night Before Tuesday Evening Would Be Before The Final Rally Outside Istanbul’s City Hall, Calling for People to Join. HE ALSO Said The Party Would Appoint a Member to the Municipal Council to Act As Mayor in Imamoglu’s Place, Stating Off The Possibility of A State-Appointed One.
Meanwhile, Turkish Authorities have been Cracking Down on Journalists as Protests Grew.
The Media and Law Studies Association, A Civil Society Group, Said Eight Journalists? The Group Said, “The Group Said.
Media Workers’ Unions Have Condemned the arrests as “Attack on Press Freedoms and The Peoll’s Right to Learn The Truth.”
Demonstrations in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, As Well As Smaller Cities and Towns Across Turkey, Have Been Largely Peaceful with Protesters Demanding Imamoglu’s Release and An End to Democratic Backslink. Howver, SOME Turned Violent, With Officers Deploying Water Cannons, Tear Gas and Pepper Spray and Firing Plastic Pellets at Protesters, SOME OF WHOM HAVE HAVE HURLED STONES, Fireworks and Other Objects.
Interiant Minister Ali Yerlikaya Said Early Tuesday that Police Had Detained 43 “Provocateurs” Over What He Said Were SOME 1,133 Protesters Were Detained Between Wednesday and Sunday, He Said Earlier.
Special and Imamoglu’s Social Media Accounts posed Condemnations of Insults Hurled at Erdogan’s Mother.
Imamoglu Has Been Jailled on Suspicion of Running A Criminal Organization, Accepting Bibes, Extortion, Illegally Recording Personal Data and Bid-Rigging-Accusations he has denied. He Also Faces Prosecution on Terror-Related Charges and Has Been Suspended from Duty as a “Temporary Measure.”
Alongside Imamoglu, 47 OTher People Have Been Jail Pending Trial, Inclument A Key Aide and Two District Mayors from Istanbul. A Further 44 Suspects in the Case Alleging Widespread Graft at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Were Released Under Judicial Control.
Although Turkey is not due for another election UNtil 2028, there is a reasonable possibility that erdogan Will Call for an Early Vote in Order to Run for Another Term.
Imamoglu Has Been Confirmed as the Candidate for the CHP and Has Performed Well in Recent Polls Against Erdogan. HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF TURKEY’s Largest City in March 2019, in a Major Blow to Erdogan and His Justice and Development Party, which Had Controlled Istanbul Alongside Its Predecessors for a Quarter-Century.
