Thousands protest for second night over Istanbul mayor’s arrest • FRANCE 24 English

Turkish riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets on Thursday, as demonstrators protested for a second night outside Istanbul City Hall over the shock arrest of the Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe. The powerful and popular Imamoglu — who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival — was detained before dawn on Wednesday, just days before he was to be named as the candidate of his opposition CHP party for the 2028 presidential election.
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48 comments
  1. Why don’t you tell us the facts about the links to USAID and the money from Europe and how people linked to him ran to Europe and when they rated their homes, they found lots of cash

  2. Please France focus your own country like china BCZ china don't interfere other countries matter therefore china is advancing from world

  3. The only leader of the Turkish people is Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The Republic of Türkiye is governed by democracy. Oppression and dictatorship are only fear. We will protect the Republic. Freedom for Imamoğlu🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  4. Love how people think before Erdogan there was democracy.Reality Turkiye was far from democratic before Erdogan where the military called the shots in Turkiye and the opposition had no problem with it.

  5. In Romania is Way Much Worse, they cancelled the elections because the "right person" was not elected by the people.

  6. Hats off to the people of turkiye, they stood up in the face of fascism unlike Pakistani their leader IMRAN ,,KHAN is in prison for over 2 yrs and they are waiting for the call to protest by him .

  7. I don't think Imamoglu speaks with a right mentality but he is the only one who stood against Erdogan with a significant supporter base. You are basically out of options.

  8. Those who reported Imamoğlu to the public prosecutor's office were members of the CHP, and those who testified against Imamoğlu to the police were members of the CHP. But when Imamoğlu was arrested on these charges, it was the CHP members who caused chaos in the country under the pretext that Erdogan was against democracy. Unfortunately, we have such an opposition in Turkey! An opposition that only cares about its own petty interests, what a pity!

  9. Let me try to explain what it actually is. First of all, this is not a coup but it is definitely a Purge! The Türkish state is simultaneously focusing on all the issues that it had noted for a long time but postponed because the International environment was not suitable. Everything from purging the Bar Association of far-left elements to taming Business employers organizations, from intervening in municipalities to disarming the PKK is part of this very Purge.

    … So why now? First of all, the season is ripe. With the fear of Russia upon them, Europe cannot raise its head and say, "What is happening in Türkiye?" The second but more important reason is that Erdogan is aware that he is not immortal and wants his legacy to live on after him. In other words, he is clearing the way for his heir to move forward comfortably.

    … What is the lesson here? It's not really that complicated… if you don't know how to flap your wings and are not immune to radiation, don't mess with Putin. Likewise, if you have skeletons in your closet, take bribes and steal, don't mess with Erdogan. Because he doesn't forget and will use your weaknesses against you when the time comes. Cheers! 🐺

  10. Erdogan trying to protect his seat, he controls law, police,military and media. They can take anyone to jail via fake documents, and SECRET WITNESS that noone knows..

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