Students from various universities protest the detention of Istanbul mayor.
Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, in a raid on his home days before his opposition party was expected to nominate him as its candidate for the next presidential election.
Police also arrested one of his senior aides and at least two district mayors alongside 100 others on Wednesday, accusing them of corruption and “terrorism” links. The government banned protests in Istanbul for four days and restricted access to social media sites.
Hours after he was detained, Imamoglu, widely seen as the main threat to Erdogan for the presidency, shared a hand-written message on his X account saying that the Turkish people would give the necessary response to “lies, plots and traps” against him.
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