Protests for launch of Ekrem Imamoglu | EUROtoday

In Istanbul, tens of 1000’s of individuals took to the streets on Wednesday night to help the mayor Ekrem Imamoglu arrested in March. The demonstration befell in entrance of the college, which Imamoglu revealed his conclusion shortly earlier than he was arrested.

At the demonstration, Özgur Özel, the chairman of Imamoglus Party CHP. “Our struggle is the struggle for democracy, for freedom,” he mentioned. With a view to Imamoglu and the place of the demonstration, he added: “We came here to get his diploma back.”

In addition, Özel mentioned a petition for the discharge of Imamoglus and the speedy proclamation of recent elections has now been signed by 14.8 million individuals.

Imamoglu is taken into account the biggest home rival of the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan. After the demonstrations have steadily participated within the demonstrations for him prior to now few weeks, the CHP had now tried to mobilize considerably extra individuals once more.

Imamoglu was arrested on March 19, later a court docket ordered custody for accusations of corruption. The 53-year-old rejects this. The arrest triggered the best demonstrations towards the Erdogan authorities for the reason that so-called Gezi protests in 2013.