The Turkish government refuses to yield from its arrest of the president’s most high-profile political rival, detaining over 1,000 people amid demonstrations in Istanbul.
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on corruption charges last week by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, alongside approximately 100 other “suspects.” Several dozens more were arrested in the following days, some due to social media posts “inciting the public to hatred and hostility” or deemed “incitement to commit a crime.”
If persecutions were intended to solidify the government’s position against its political rivals, the strategy failed — the arrests were immediately met with protests that have, by now, swelled to include tens of thousands of citizens.
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“As a nation, we followed with surprise the events that emerged after the main opposition leader’s
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