Urgent In pictures … massive demonstrations in Türkiye after Erdogan’s arrest of his strongest competitors
Several Turkish cities witnessed mass demonstrations in protest against the arrest of the Istanbul Mayor Akram Imamoglu yesterday, despite the authorities imposing a ban on demonstrations and gatherings in Istanbul and the state for 4 days.
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the municipality of Istanbul, amid an intensive presence of the police, condemning the detention of Imamoglu, amid calls for the resignation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A protest demonstration also took place in front of Istanbul University.
reported & quot; Hulk in & quot; The demonstrators went to the streets in the capital, Ankara, where clashes took place between students and the police at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, amid reports of the arrest of demonstrators.
Imamoglu was detained on Wednesday morning, a few days before his candidacy for the presidential elections for the main opposition Republican People’s Party in Turkey."Full-Width Clearfix"> & nbsp;
Party leader Ozgour Ozal condemned what he called & quot; a coup attempt against our next president & quot; and went to Istanbul, where a narrow meeting was held on developments with the participation of a number of members of the party’s executive committee inside the party headquarters.
members of the party’s executive committee told reporters at the party’s headquarters that they are facing authority & quot; it has suspended law and democracy & quot; stressing that the issue is & quot; the entire issue of Türkiye and not only the issue of the Republican People’s Party & quot;
The arrest of Imamoglu came after the University of Istanbul announced the withdrawal of his university degree for allegedly obtaining it illegally, which sparked widespread controversy in political circles, where opponents considered it an attempt to undermine his political future before the elections. By politicizing the judiciary, stressing that the cases against Imamoglu are related to legal files, not political motives. Against. Istanbul and the arrest of the mayor of the municipality, Imamoglu and 100 people. Akram, the last of which was the cancellation of his university degree, and his exclusion from the Turkish presidential race. The detention of the mayor of the national team and its replacement with a certain one is a dangerous blow to democracy & ldquo;
The arrest of Imamoglu came after the cancellation of Istanbul Technical University of his university degree, amid allegations that he obtained it illegally, which prevents him constitutionally from running for the presidential elections as the Republican People’s Party was planning the largest opposition parties in Türkiye.
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