Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested

President RECEP Tayyip Erdogan accused the protests in Türkiye after arresting major opposition.

Erdo said in a Friday speech that his government would not “surrender” the “damage” or “distance terror” before his planned protests. “We will not accept the confusion of public order.”

On Wednesday, the police detained the Istanbul mayor Ekrem IMAMOGLU.

The critics of the government gathered in protests in the city across Turkey to ignore the ban on protests in Istanbul and Izmir on Friday. 53 people were arrested on Thursdays, the Secretary of Interior said.

The Secure Republican People’s Party (CHP), the leader of the Imamoglu Party, said at 20:30 local time (17:30 GMT) that the president was afraid of protests, demanding a third night protest outside Istanbul City Hall.

He also asked people to demonstrate peacefully wherever they were in the country at the same time.

“Disassemble the barricades without harming the police and go to the distance and square.”

The authorities tried to curb street protests with a four -day ban on all meetings of Istanbul, which was announced immediately after the arrest on Wednesday.

As the protests spread, they extended this order to Ankara and the West Coast City Izmir.

Prior to the protest on Friday, Istanbul’s pro-Rodo Governor ordered the closure of the Galata and Atatark bridges.

Ali Yerlikaya, a minister of interrogation, criticized the protests that called the opposition “irresponsible”.

He was arrested for violating laws that “violate the public,” he said, by posting online online, saying that “the public”.

Since Wednesday, tens of thousands of people have gathered throughout Türkiye. Conflicts with the police are increasing to dispatch protests with tear gas and pepper spray.

Yerlikaya added that 16 police officers were injured in the protests.

The arrest of IMAMOGLU and other people has followed major crackdowns in the country in recent months, targeting opposition politicians, journalists and figures in the entertainment industry.

The opposition party says arrest was politically motivated. But the Ministry of Justice criticized those who connected ERDOGAN to arrest and insisted on judicial independence.

IMAMOGLU earned his second term to Istanbul Mayor last year when his CHP party swept the local elections last year.

It was the first time that Erdogan was defeated by his party in the ballot box.

The elections were also personally hit by the president, and the president grew up to increase power and became the market of Istanbul.

ERDOGAN has held an office for the past 22 years as a Turkish prime minister and president. Due to the term restrictions, he cannot run for the office in 2028 unless he changes the Constitution.

CHP’s choice of presidential candidates will be voted by 1.5 million members, IMAMOGLU is the only person and will be held on Sunday.

The party also demanded citizens in a symbolic election, and plans to place the entire Turkish ballot box all over Turkey so that people can show their support for the detained market.