A court of Istanbul has imposed this Sunday Preventive prison to the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem ImamogluSocial Democratic leader, main rival of the president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoganand whose detention last Wednesday has unleashed a massive wave of protests throughout the country.
The opinion refers to the accusation of corruption and bribesone of the two judicial causes open against him, while the judges decided not to impose measures in the trial for alleged collaboration with a terrorist groupin reference to the Kurdish guerrillas.
The mayor’s arrest, on Wednesday morning, raised huge protests not only in Istanbul, but also in numerous other cities, with at least hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against what they consider a political judgment to eliminate an Erdogan rival.
Already on Wednesday night tens of thousands of people had gathered at the headquarters of the Istanbul City Council and the number grew on Thursday and Friday until exceeding 50,000 dusand, while throughout the country it mobilized up to one millionaccording to some estimates.
The Imamoglu party, the social democrat CHPhe had announced that he was going to present the popular mayor as a presidential candidate in the next elections, scheduled for 2028, although The opposition claims that they will move.
This same Sunday has started a symbolic vote Throughout Türkiye, in which Affiliates the CHP and their supporters can introduce a ballot into an urn with the name of Imamoglu to express their support.
