More than 340 held after mass protests in Turkiye
More than 340 people were arrested following Turkiye’s biggest street protests in over a decade sparked by the detention of Istanbul’s powerful Opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a Minister said on Saturday. will definitely not be tolerated!” It was the third straight night that protesters rallied in support of Mr. Imamoglu — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political rival, whose arrest Wednesday triggered a massive show of defiance that spread from Istanbul to more than 50 of Turkey’s 81 provinces. After spending his third night in custody, Mr. Imamoglu — who was arrested just days before the CHP was to name him their candidate for the 2028 presidential race — began speaking to police on Saturday morning in connection with the “terror” probe, party sources told AFP. Speaking Friday, Erdogan had fired a warning shot across Ozel’s bows, accusing him of “grave irresponsibility” in remarks echoed by ministers and other officials, raising the prospect that Ozel too could face legal sanction.
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