Istanbul.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Istanbul after the biggest protests to beat Turkey in a decade.
Protests after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, see the opposition supporters of the opposition as mercy of the rule of law.
The authorities have been pushed to the laws of the rights of the Istanbul Court in custody on Tuesday.
Among them were AFP photographer Yasin Akjul, who sharply rebukes the news agency in Paris.
“His imprisonment is unacceptable. That’s why I ask you to intervene as soon as possible by our journalist’s fast release, “said the agency’s director.
The court blamed Akgul in 35, while others “participating in illegal rallies and marches”, although the fries said that Aquugul was “not part of a complaint”, but only a journalist.
Journalists of the Freedom of the Media have made a decision on the borders (RSF), as his Turkish representative Erol Onderoglu says that he “reflects a very serious situation in Turkey.”
– “Can’t be freely expressed” –
The huge crowd has opposed the ban on the protest, over the March 19 arrest of the Lower Lower Imamoglu, spreading riots in Turkey and pushing night clashes with security forces.
Erdogan remains defenseless and condemning rallies as “street terrorism” against the biggest protests in Turkey during the upgrades of Istanbul.
“Those who spread horror on the streets and want to shoot this country have no place to go. Erdogan said on Tuesday, who now led by NATO member.
But because thousands of students marched through Istanbul’s Sisli district, whose mayor Reslan Emerge was imprisoned in the same case when IMamoglu, who went to the city’s city headquarters.
They chanted “the government and resigned.” and eliminate flags and flags with slogans including “Tayyip resignation”. As a large deployment of police officers, he watched the people above unloaded pots to show their approval.
Many people had their faces covered with scarves or masks, and confessed that they were afraid that the police were recognized.
“We cannot freely express themselves,” a student told AFP to Nisa, saying that he joined the protest.
Separately, thousands of people also gathered in the seventh day, organized by the Republican People’s Party of Imamoglu, in Sarach region, the house of Istanbul may be located since 2019.
Linning what a long-term stop can be called the Chp Head Ozel on Saturday, that he said that “the biggest outdoor referendum in history will be”.
“You are ready for a big rally in the big publication of Istanbul, Saturday to support Seideroglu, to face his arrest, to demand transparent, open trials, say that we have had enough.” Ozel asked the protesters, saying that the rally will be held on a huge huge grounds on the Asian side of Istanbul.
In case of changing the opportunity to focus on the rally on Saturday, he said that he would not call for another Sarachese protest on Wednesday.
– “Dark Time for Democracy” –
Through the police, using a water cannon, pepper spray and rubber bullets, the Council of Europe condemned the use of “disproportionate”, while the human rights clock “is a dark time for democracy.”
The United Nations also expressed an alarm to the use of Turkey’s mass detainees and the ban on illegal blanket of misleading, urging the authorities to investigate any illegal use of force.
On Tuesday, the police arrested 1,418 suspect “illegal demonstrations”, Inorior Minister Ali Anglikayan wrote in X warning that “there are no concessions” for those who “terrify the streets.”
But Ozel told Sarache crowd. “We do not decrease in numbers of arrests. There will be even more. “
He added that the amount of failures was such that “there is no room left in Istanbul prisons.”
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