The Turkish authorities detained the Istanbul market a few days before the presidential candidate.
Ekrem Imamoglu, a secular Republican People’s People’s Party (CHP), is considered one of the most powerful political competitors of Turkish President recept Tayip Erdogan.
The prosecution called him corrupt, helped terrorist groups and called him a “criminal leader suspect.”
As part of the investigation, the authorities detained 100 suspects, including other politicians, journalists, and businessmen, and Istanbul’s office was imposed a four -day restriction in the city.
Imamoglu said online that people’s will is silent.
In social media videos, he vowed to “persuasive” for Turkish and all those who supported the world democracy and definition.
IMAMOGLU added, “We are firmly standing in the fight for basic rights and freedom.”
Arrests have occurred in recent months as part of a major crackdown on opposition parties nationwide.
Critics criticized this movement for political motivation. Erdogan, however, has exercised power for 22 years, and his party denied claims that Türkiye’s judiciary was independent.
last year, Imamoglu won the second term As a market in Istanbul, when his CHP party swept the local elections there, Ankara.
It was the first time that Erdogan was defeated by his party in the ballot box.
The elections were also personally hit by the president, and the president grew up to increase power and became the market of Istanbul.
Dozens of police officers were involved in the house of Immore Glue in the home of Imamoglu in Türkiye’s largest city.
CHP’s presidential candidate, the only person who runs Imamoglu, will be held on Sunday.
It has been a day since Istanbul University canceled the degree due to irregularities.
According to the Turkish Constitution, the president must complete higher education.
IMAMOGLU called the movement “legally unfounded.”
His CHP Party recently featured the intervention as “attempts to attempt a coup” so that the state cannot decide the next president.
The presidential election is currently scheduled for 2028. ERDOGAN has been in the second term and has previously served as prime ministers, so I can’t do my job again.
The only way for Erdogan to challenge another election is to change the constitution or call early elections before his term ends.
OZGUR OZEL CHP chairman wrote in X that he used power to make decisions, replace his will, or use force to prevent it.
ILHAN UZGEL vice chairman has accused the government’s detention that he used the Turkish opposition as a “tool to threaten.”
He told the BBC that his party was “very concerned about the democratic state of Türkiye.”
It is believed that the pro -government media is not only accused of robbery and fraud, but also helped PKK.
The PKK or Kurddestan Workers’ Party has rebelled since 1984 and has been sentenced to terrorist groups in Türkiye, the EU, the United Kingdom and the United States.
After the mass detention of Wednesday, Governor Istanbul ordered four -day ban on all demonstrations, meetings and press releases in Istanbul to preserve the “public order” and to stop “provocative behavior.”
Many streets of Istanbul have been closed, and some subway lines have canceled the service.
UK -based Internet Watchdog NetBlocks reports this Turkey seriously limited access After arrest, on social media sites such as X, YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok.
The international response to arrest was negative. The German Foreign Ministry called it “serious frustration of democracy” and added that the arrest was part of the “enhanced legal measures” designed to pressure Imamo glue.
Turkish Lira, meanwhile, briefly fell to the US dollar at an all -time low because the market had unfairly reacted to political uncertainty.
This is not the first time IMAMOGLU has faced legal issues.
2022 He was sentenced to imprisonment for more than two and a half years. To insult a civil servant in a speech.
