Thousands of Turkish demonstrators on the streets for Imamoglou – Police threw plastic bullets in the crowd, live image

For the second day after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, thousands of people gathered outside the City Hall of Constantinople, defying the strict bans of the Erdogan government. In Smyrna, which is a stronghold of Kemalists, opposition supporters and students take to the streets, demanding that Imamoglou be released. Plastic balls were used. Turkish police made use of plastic spheres and tear gas in the direction of the world that had gathered in front of the Istanbul City Hall, following a call by the Chp party by Mayor Ekrem Imamoglou, AFP. There is currently no information on injuries. According to AFP correspondents, police wanted to prevent a group of young demonstrators trying to head to Taksim Square, an iconic protest area that was fully blocked with metal railings. From a bus to which Chp Ozgur Ezel had climbed up, a call for the rally, he said to the police: “I don’t want to see plastic […]
Source: News Beast

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