Turkish police arrest dozens for “insults” Rakip Tayyip Erdogan and his family

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Turkish police arrested dozens of people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family during street protests caused by his main competitor this week.

Perestolation mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğluThe most popular politician in the country has launched political and financial upheaval in Turkey, igniting the largest public protests for more than ten years and forcing investors to sell Turkish assets.

Recent arrests were announced after the opposition said it would be listed in a week of demonstrations outside the Istanbul Town Hall, but urged people to boycott companies that the government was supported.

The Turkish Finance Minister and the Governor of the Central Bank had to hold a conference with investors in London on Tuesday to assure investors that they would follow the Economy Recovery Program at 1.3 hours.

Imomoglu’s arrest on March 19 on charges of corruption he denied was a dramatic escalation in the opposition’s Erdogan’s repression. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets, fearing that the leader from Turkey’s long service became autocrat.

The 71-year-old president called the protest rally “street terrorism” and insisted that the judicial system acted regardless of the imamoglu. On Monday, Erdogan He accused the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of “evil to the country”, calling for demonstrations.

Police detained 43 “provocateurs” and searched for more suspects after the rally allegedly made “vile insults against our president, his deceased mother and family,” said Interior Minister Ali Jerlika on X in the beginning of Tuesday.

At least 1133 other people were arrested on protests across the country. The Union of Journalists said the police searched the homes of 11 journalists and photographers covering the demonstrations and took them in custody on Monday.

Party leader CHP Ezgur Ezel said the rally on Tuesday will be the last opposition at the City Hall, and that the City Council will elect a CHP on Wednesday to advocate Imomoglu, trying to prevent control of the municipality.

On Tuesday, Ezel visited Imomoglu in prison west of Istanbul, where several political dissidents are being held. He described the mayor and two more CHPs arrested with him as “high -ranking executives.”

“I am ashamed in the name of those who manages Turkey for the situation in which it is,” he said outside the prison Silira. “They thought it would be so easy to say,” Because I can’t and I can not overcome Imomoglu, I just got rid of it. “He did not take into account,” he said.

CHP urged fans to avoid companies, it states that the Erdogan government, ranging from a chain of cafes to book sellers and a tour operator.

The party entered the malaise over the economy, and inflation is almost 40 percent. In the municipal election last year, CHP won the biggest voting rally across the country, providing Erdogan’s biggest failure in two decades.

Imomoglu defeated Erdogan’s hand in Mary’s largest city, winning more than 11 percentage points. He has consistently surpassed Erdogan in polls of the next election of the voters for the president, although the election is not planned until 2028.

Last week investors escaped from Turkish assets, forcing the Central Bank to sell billions of foreign currency reserves reinforce the lyre.

Finance Minister Mehmet şiMshek and the Governor of the Central Bank Fatih Karahan call with global investors, “to evaluate recent events in the Turkish economy,” the şimşek office said.