The political protest movement continues in Turkey a week after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglou, the mayor of Constantinople and Tayyip Erdogan’s key political opponent, who says he will not retreat “the terrorism of the road”. For the fifth consecutive night last night, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the Istanbul Town Hall after a call from the opposition. At the same time, thousands of students were demonstrating under the symbols of their universities with their faces covered so as not to be recognized by the police. Ozgur Ozel, leader of the People’s Republican Party (CHP), the largest Turkish opposition party, has announced that he would stop calling a daily call for a rally in front of the Istanbul Town Hall. Instead, it calls for a large gathering on Saturday in the city, despite the ban on rallies applicable to Constantinople, Ankara and Smyrna. Police have arrested more than 1,400 people since March 19 and dismantled the demonstration in Istanbul yesterday, unlike the previous ones […]
Source: News Beast
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