‘Boiling cauldron’ reminds the Turkey Since Wednesday (19.03.2025), when authorities arrested the Mayor of Constantinople, Imamoglou. Until Sunday, on Sunday, in the country the climate will be tense as there are scheduled demonstrations by students, citizens and parties calling for his release and directly accusing Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Although Ekrem Imamoglou is accused of working with PKK, a Criminal Organization and Corruption Directorate, so far the mayor of Constantinople has turned into folk herowith many citizens identifying him with the man who can “put” them with the policy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
At the same time, the streets of Constantinople and Ankara are reminiscent of a battlefield from the episodes broke out between police and protesters.
In order to ‘break’ the protests, Turkey’s police used plastic spheres and tear gas in the direction of the world which had gathered in front of the Town Hall, with the protesters running to escape.
There is currently no information on injuries.
Citizens’ participation in these demonstrations is unprecedented. At least 10,000 people Every age and coming from different, small parties, shouted slogans that the future of Ekrem Imamoglu changed.
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 he had climbed, Chp President Ozgur Ezel, who addressed the rally, said to the police: “I do not want to see plastic bullets here. If not, the Istanbul police will be responsible for what happens, “he warned.
BREAKING:
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Istanbul, Turkey to protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul and main opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu.
The man who the opposition was uniting behind for the 2028 pres. election was arrested on corruption chargespic.twitter.com/3wTM6y7LcS
– Visegrád 24 (@Visegrad24) March 19, 2025
“Who are you who will spray Turkey’s hope with tear gas?” He continued, accompanied by the voices of the crowd who urged the resignation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“It was not just Ekrem Imamoglu who was arrested in the morning. It is the will of the people of Constantinople, the 16 million citizens who were detained, “said Ekrem Imoglu’s wife, Dilek.
It is recalled that the Mayor of Constantinople will remain under temporary detention for another 2 days. Until Sunday it will be decided whether to be detainedwith political analysts considering this scenario not so optimistic.
As they explain, it is quite difficult for justice to do “back” and release a man who is accused of such serious offenses and the arrest of at least 3,000 police officers, just as the arrest of a baron of drugs was arrested.
The chances are not in favor of Ekrem Imamoglu, even as his candidacy in the presidential election with his party, the Republican People’s Party, would normally be announced on Sunday.
And while being held by the Turkish authorities, Erem Imoglu posted X to give the “pulse” to those who support him.
“You cannot and should not remain silent,” the prisoner of Constantinople wrote, directly accusing Recep Tayyip Erdogan of corruption and calling on members of the government and justice to stop injustice.
You embarked on this journey with nothing but a ring on your finger, yet now you bear countless stains for which you cannot account, whether at home or abroad. With these burdens, you aim for my whole existence, hard work, and endeavour that I and my family have built over three…
– Ekrem İmamoğlu (International) (@imamoglu_int) March 20, 2025
“We do not have time to waste on opposition theatrics”
The president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan He said that the opposition People’s Republican Party is trying to cover its own mistakes and deceive the citizens with “theatrics”.
This was Erdogan’s first comment on the arrest of Constantinople Mayor Ekrem Iimoglu.
“We have no time to waste in vain discussions, nor piles of money to throw them off recklessly,” he said in his speech in Ankara.
The problems of the People’s Republican Party “are not the issues of the country, but of a handful of opportunists,” he continued. “We do not have time to waste on opposition theatrics,” he added.