Clashes of Piazza in Istanbul, protesters protest for the arrest of Imamoglu | EUROtoday

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There have been clashes and moments of pressure between the law enforcement officials and a few of the demonstrators who have been gathering below the Municipality of Istanbul to protest in opposition to the arrest of the mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Some demonstrators who needed to go away the world to march in the direction of Piazza Taksim have been stopped by the police, at that second quick clashes started and the brokers used manganelli and tear gasoline, report the native media, publishing some movies.

The largest opposition occasion in Türkiye, the CHP, has actually convened an occasion to contest the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The protest is scheduled at 20:30 native time, 18:30 in Italy, in entrance of the headquarters of the Municipality of Istanbul, the place 1000’s of individuals had already gathered final evening to contest the arrest of Imamoglu, who is taken into account the primary rival of the pinnacle of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan and earlier than being arrested he had introduced that he needed to use as president on the subsequent elections, scheduled in 2028. college college students protested by marching to contest Imamoglu’s arrest in varied Turkish cities. In Istanbul, the protest concerned college students from seven completely different universities and, as varied Turkish media report, slight clashes have already occurred within the Besiktas district between the police and the demonstrators. Also in Ankara and Smitne, the opposite two largest cities in Türkiye, the scholars protested with marches, asking for the resignation of the federal government and defining Erdogan as a “dictator”.

Erdogan: “Hypocritical opposition”

“The efforts of the opposition to paint its internal conflicts or its problems with the law as the most important question of the country is the pinnacle of hypocrisy,” mentioned Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We do not have time for opposition shows, neither on a personal level nor at the party or alliance level,” added the Turkish chief.