Turkey’s CHP needs to broaden protest beyond party to maintain momentum, researcher says

Vast crowds of students surged onto Istanbul’s streets on Monday in the latest protest over the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor that has sparked Turkey’s worst unrest in years. FRANCE 24’s Peter O’Brien speaks to Massimo D’Angelo, Research Associate at Loughborough University London. He says that the opposition party CHP must broaden the protest movement beyond the party if it wants to maintain momentum.
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24 comments
  1. The same happened in Romania but it was ok because Romania is a democratic country so no need to talk about it. EU is sinking into totalitarianism very quikly.

  2. Now the world knows non of the protestors are Muslims, it's the fasting month that says a lot 😂😂😂

  3. Erdogan, Putin, Trump – all the same gang.
    Turkish people have "balls" to fight dictators hard.

  4. Same judiciary that gives the votes and the win to Chp in last elections . Also same judiciary acknowledged imam oglou as mayor of Istanbul after recounting

  5. So as Turks we should vote for robbers instead, they are under investigation for robbery and terrorism. There are solid evidences at the court. Not all Turks are supporting them especially not the ones with logic. You are telling majority of the population should look otherwise when they are stealing enough to build Ukraine again. While they have connections with terrorist. When they get a diploma without deserving. When they have enough power behind them, they can do whatever they want. This is dictatorship and the protestors attacked police with acids and hatchets. They are real vandals. We are afraid to go out because of their barbaric protests. They didn't even had a respect for mosques, the tombs, they broke Ottoman tomb stones, historic artifacts. They made this barbaric acts at the Ramadan.

  6. Turkish Republic’s foundation is against democratic values. Actually CHP is the most effective power bank of Erdogan’s regime. Basically CHP similar to Bashar Esat , erdogan identical to current Syrian leader Jolani . Both equally bad not only for Kurds also for all regions.

  7. AS A TURK: There was a political coup in Türkiye 10 days ago! As a result of this political coup, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İMAMOĞLU, who was innocent and loved by the people, was imprisoned due to secret witness slanders. Many politicians and journalists in the country were unjustly and unlawfully imprisoned. This is a huge damage to the country! The people of Turkey are on the streets and resisting! Students are being punished very harshly and mercilessly by the police! Protesting is a constitutional right in Türkiye, but the Erdoğan government is banning it and openly calling its own people terrorists. The whole world should know this!

  8. Erdogan is following the textbook of the fascist military regime in Pakistan as they are suppressing the largest political party, PTI.

    The situation you described where Army generals and their puppet Sharif family enforce the same agenda—mirrors Pakistan’s current reality.

    Unfortunately, Europe and the Biden administration supported the regime-change operation in Pakistan removing an elected Government in Pakistan.

  9. i am worried about what would be happened next,this guy is absolutely crayz,he could start killing people..Erdogan got to go..there is no snother solution..

  10. Full support and solidarity to our neighbours from Georgia! 🇬🇪 We've been fighting for the same cause for months now. The plague of authoritarianism and darkness shouldn't be allowed to spread and prevail in our countries! (or anywhere else)

  11. this is 2 days old news, tell us something new!!! İmamoğlu is an Guilty as charged, from where came all that sudden BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.??? and all that FAKE company's in the name of all his friends and family's??? where there SMOKES there must be an FIRE also…..

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