By one thousand citizens on the streets protesting for the arrest of Imamoglou and on the other hand, the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to insist incomprehensible in the line he has drawn. As such, Turkey is still in turmoil, with protesters making a new appointment on Friday (21/3/25) on the streets of Constantinople.
As Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first public statements about the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish police on Thursday (20/3/25) use of plastic balls and tear gas in the direction of the world that had gathered in front of the City Hall.
Thousands of people They had gathered to protest for the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu And 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 excluded with metal railings.
19.33 | Police intervene in young people who want to walk to Taksim. pic.twitter.com/DmEmioyh9B
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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.
“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.
Istanbul Fire Department joined the Bozdoğan Belt Resistance
The barricade will be opened, the youth will walk to Taksim pic.twitter.com/oL0OBXBAp1
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“The mayor is neither corrupt, nor a thief, nor a terrorist,” he continued and addressed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he added: “Well, Erdogan, to be afraid. The roads are ours, the squares are ours! “, Calling the crowd” not to leave the struggle until Imamoglu and the other mayors are liberated. “
The CHP has also called on Friday (21/3/25) for a protest rally at the same place and at the same time. In addition to Imamoglou, there are five mayors elected to the CHP and ten of the pro -Kurdish DEM party, the other major opposition party in parliament.
“Those who are silent on injustice become complicit in repression,” said Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (CHP), assuring: “We are not a handful of people, we are millions.”
At the same time, a “concert” with pots and crops resonated in many neighborhoods of the city.
On Thursday afternoon (20/3/25), hundreds of students gathered at their universities to denounce the arrest of the mayor and the cancellation of his degree from the University of Constantinople. “Imamoglou was targeted because he was the best candidate for the presidency,” Bashak Johge, a 24 -year -old student at the University of Galatasaray, told the French Agency. “Young people like me will not be silent,” said 19 -year -old Yavuz, a student at the City Technical University.
Access to many social networking sites and messaging platforms remains confined to Constantinople for a second day. Interior Minister Ali Gerlikaya announced that 37 people were arrested for posting “provocative messages” on the internet.
Outside of Imoglou, another 80 people were arrested on Wednesday morning and another 20 are being sought. Among them, six are also accused of “supporting terrorist organization”, namely the Kurdistan Labor Party.
Erdogan: They have lost logic
Meanwhile, on Thursday (20/3/25), Recep Tayyip Erdogan was publicly positioned publicly for the arrest of Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem Imamoglou and the protests of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
In the shadow of episodes for the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu and speaking to former MPs in his party during a dinner of Iphtar, with which Muslims interrupt their fasting in Ramadan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan They have almost captured their minds and have lost logic to such an extent that they attack our police and threaten judges, prosecutors and courts. “
“If you look out for, the opposition party, with the CHP, the media and its other structures, never responds to the complaints made by Justice on the subject of the degree and the subject of corruption and theft. On the contrary, they limit the issue to political slogans and resort to the ease of provoking their basis and deceive the nation, “Tayyip Erdogan said.
Referring to the cancellation of Ekrem Imamoglou’s degree from the University of Constantinople and the charges of corruption, the Turkish president said: “Let this degree are a sweat -acquired document, we can discuss it through the authorities.
In the same way, let them say, there was no theft, corruption, irregularity, injustice, dark and complex relationships in the municipality and we can discuss it with special and legal evidence. But they don’t, they can’t do it. Because they know better themselves that all this and much more is true. “