Demonstrations throughout Turkey continue after the imprisonment of the popular mayor of Constantinople Ekrem Iimoglu, a key political opponent of Tayyip Erdogan. More than 1,130 protesters have been arrested in Turkey since Wednesday, the day of the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, authorities have announced any concentration in the country’s three major cities. Despite the ban, new invitations to demonstrations are currently across the country, which is shocked by protest events, unprecedented since 2013 and the suppression of the Gezi Park movement. “1,133 suspects have been arrested for illegal activities between 19 and March 23, 2025,” Interior Minister Ali Germany told X. Demonstrations have been held in 55 of the 81 Turkish provinces, ie two -thirds of the country. According to the interior ministry, 123 police officers have been injured, along with an unspecified number of protesters. At least ten journalists, including an AFP photographer, were arrested at dawn in their homes in Istanbul and Smyrna, the […]
Source: News Beast
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