ReutersTürkiye’s major competitor’s major competitors were officially arrested and charged with corruption.
Istanbul Mayor EKREM IMAMOGLU is expected to be selected as a candidate for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) 2028 presidential candidate on Sunday.
He denied this claim and said he was politically motivated. “I will never bow down.” He wrote in X.
His detention triggered Türkiye’s greatest protest for more than 10 years. ERDOGAN criticized the protests and said CHP to “hinder peace and to polarize our people.”
IMAMOGLU was one of more than 100 people, including other politicians, journalists and businessmen who were detained as part of the survey on Wednesday and began demonstrating four consecutive days.
On Sunday, he was officially arrested and accused of “establishing and managing criminal organizations, receiving bribes, robbery, illegally recording personal data, manipulating bidding and manipulating bidding.”
He retired by the detention of trial. AFP and local media reported that he was taken to Silichari’s prison.
In a social media post, IMAMOGLU criticized the arrest with “Black Stain on our democracy,” and said it did not follow the judicial process.
He urged people from all over the country to participate in protests and participate in Sunday voting. Imamoglu is the only person running from CHP’s presidential candidate.
Arrests do not prevent candidates and elections as president, but they will not be able to run if he is convicted of him.
Prison politicians are considered one of the most powerful Erdogan competitors who have held their office in Türkiye for 22 years.
However, due to the term limitations, ERDOGAN will not be able to work again in 2028 unless the Constitution does not change.
The opposition party says arrest was politically motivated. But the Ministry of Justice criticized the people who connected Erdo to arrest and insisted on judicial independence.
Lee Mamo Glue, while Türkiye’s Interior Minister, said in a statement that he was honest in his position as an Instanbul market.
The prosecution also wants to prosecute Imamo Glue for accusations of “supporting armed terrorist organizations,” but the Turkish court is not currently necessary.
The CHP had a virtually alliance with the Kurdish equality and the Democratic Party (DEM) in relation to last year’s local elections.
DEMs have been accused of partnership with PKK or Kurdish Workers’ Party.
The PKK declared a ceasefire after a 40 -year rebellion against Turkey earlier this month. It is defined as a terrorist group in Türkiye, the EU, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Meanwhile, Istanbul University announced that it would withdraw Imamo Glue degree due to irregularities on Tuesday.
According to the Turkish Constitution, if the president has to complete higher education, there is a suspicion of doubt as the president.
Lawyers of Imamoglu said they would appeal to the decision to cancel the degree to the Constitutional Court and the European Human Rights Court.
The Supreme Election Council will decide whether IMAMOGLU is eligible to be a candidate.
Getty imageThousands of people have held a great peaceful demonstration since Wednesday.
The authorities tried to stop the protests with a four -day ban on all meetings in Istanbul, which expanded to Ankara and Izmir as protests spread.
The riot police repeatedly collided with the protesters and could see the launch of red pepper gas and water cannons on many protesters.
Turkish officials said 343 people were arrested on Friday night.
On Saturday, before the protests began, they were torn in the air outside the market office of Istanbul.
As the crowd grew all evening, it became difficult to breathe round after the round was launched to disperse the protesters.
Shouting “Rights, Law, and Justice”, people of all ages were meaningless to protest the government’s ban on illegal detention.
A young woman wearing black clothes and wearing a face mask said to defend democracy because she supported the opposition without protesting against political reasons.
“I am here for justice and here for freedom. We are free and the Turkish people cannot accept it. This is violated by our actions and culture.”
Another woman who brought her 11 -year -old son to the protests said he wanted to include him because he was worried about the future.
“It’s getting harder to live in Turkey every day, and we can’t control our lives, we can’t choose what we want, and there’s no true definition here,” she said.
