Istanbul divided as an arrest of Erdogan Rival launches anti-government protests POLICY NEWS

Istanbul, Turkiye – The smell of tears for tears remained over Sarachana Square in Istanbul, because thousand weekends gathered for the protest against Arrest of the city’s mayorEkrem Imamogu, outside the municipal seat.

The Popular politicianWho is Turkiyena the main opposition party chose as him A candidate for the next presidential electionHe was arrested in March 19. March. Since then, protests have erupted daily, and the protesters have now referred to the resignation of the government.

On the supporters of Imaglua, the decision on detention and removing it from the function is Turkiy’s long-standing leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, tightening his adhesion to strength.

For the government and her supporters is simply just the judiciary who does his job.

Cinar Ileri, 28, attended protests as a “neutral observer”.

“Look, I don’t support Imam. But I didn’t vote for him. But what happened to him, because the legal decision is not exactly the legal case,” the political case “said Iler.”

The allegations of corruption have covered municipalities throughout Turkiy’s political spectrum and were the subject of the report submitted to the Turkish parliament, which claims that insufficient checks and the balance sheets were conducted in the fight against it.

However, some see that the government focuses on opposition politicians at a point that asks suspicion of justice, with charges that authorities aim to reshape the political landscape.

Those close to the government refused these allegations. Hilal Kaplan, a journalist near the ruling judiciary and the Development Party, or AK Party, who writes in the newspapers of Sabah, removed the guilt right at (CHP) Republican National Party (CHP).

“A member of the CHP reported to the Prosecution, the One who submitted a criminal complaint, the one who presented and he was witnessed and said that in the OP-ED claimed that they were members of the Imamigluine Party who reported him to the authorities.

The claim that the government was targeting ImagL because he sees him as a political threat “nothing more than a muddy lie,” Kaplan said.

Slowing down protests

Imamog, who won two consecutive mayoral elections in Istanbul, is widely considered Erdogan’s main political challenger.

Erdogan is in power since 2003. years and won the latest presidential elections in the country in 2023. years.

In parallel parallel to Imamog, Erdogan was also a popular Mayor Istanbul 1990s, before he was closed in 1999. years.

The day before the arrest, the university degree in Imaglua canceled Istanbul University, who said that false was obtained – to have a valid degree a prerequisite for the presidential candidate.

“I will continue to attend demonstrations to see what happens – to see what people feel, what they think. And what could she bring in,” Iler said.

“After four days of demonstration, I feel like there was a slowdown in the dynamics in protests,” he added.

“Sunday night, I was there. In my opinion, nothing happened. The day he was officially arrested, and when people do not compare it to the Gaza Park protests.

‘We want a change, we should protest’

Protests come during the Holy Month of Ramadan, and many mosques in Fafia, the epicenter of protests will be filled with fans until late in the evening for night prayers.

So far, there are few indication that many inhabitants join night protests.

In Anitno Park, just a stone throw from the seat of the municipality of Istanbul, the groups of elderly men sit on the benches, talking about politics while waiting for the stealing day to end.

Most of the appearance of unpopished police riots have stationed a stone throwing or water cannon around the area.

He asked if they would join the protests, they just said they wouldn’t.

But for Ali, the 22-year-old student, entering the protests, became an almost night ritual.

“I don’t think Imamogu is the main problem here,” he says. “Yes, his current situation is a big problem, but we all say they don’t care about the names – Imamog, Chp or any other political personality. It is doubtful of that.

“We care about our lives, our Freedom, which is the most important. Yeah, and Like Imamaglu, but I don’t love Him. He’s the best option. And he’s always trying to improve things. I Believe That IF The Government Let Him, He Would Achieve Even More, “He Added.

Since the protests have begun, Turkish authorities have detained more than 1,100 people and asked the Social Media Platform X to block some accounts. While the platform complained “over 700” requests, it also suspended several accounts related to opposition accounts, most of which are allegedly linked to university activists who organize protests.

Erdogan marked the protests “Movement of violence” and said that CHP would be responsible for police violations and damage to property damage, persuading them to stop “provoking” the public.

But it’s insecure. “I believe we want to change, we should protest. If we just sit and wait, there is nothing to protest the ChP,” only Chp fans, “said only Chp fans,” he said.

“Protests mean me because I always believed that we should all get up for our rights. As a member of Gen Z, I know that they are now not shocked because we do not care for their rights,” he added.

“Where is justice?”

Residents largely opposition neighborhoods in Istanbul rebelled pots and panes from the window night from the day after the arrest of Imaglu.

Furkan, a gym in the opposition district of Besiktash, exclaims, “Where is justice? Where is Democracy?” As he knocks on a pot from the window.

Despite the night window protest and dozens of others on the street, Furkan is skeptical that this overturn is spreading the antigrace movement. “I don’t see a fire, and I can’t feel the energy on the streets. Yes, people are upset about what happened, but it’s not enough.”

It’s easy to see why it could be the case. On the other side of the Bosphorus in the conservative neighborhood of the neighborhood, life continues to a great extent. There is no protest here and nothing nightly banging pots and panes.

Abudallah, 28, is one of a group of friends in a neklow that do not protest. “It doesn’t seem logical to go out and defend someone whose corruption is exposed,” says Abudallah, referring to numerous cases of corruption in progress against Imaglu.

In 2019, Abudallah says, he had sympathy for now who were now knocked down at the mayor when IMAGLA won his first mayor after controversial repetition.

“But today’s situation is completely different,” he said. “There is no sense of sacrifice because even the parties agree to have Imamogu involved in corruption and corruption for terrorists.”

“I believe the protests will continue to decline. In the coming days, with the end of Ramazan holidays, people will return to their rodnas. It will not turn into a mass movement. It will fade to the public,” he added.

Brief riding from the neighborhood, in the Neighborhood Kadikoy, the protest over the weekend ended with people who return to cafes, bars and restaurants.

Mesut, 32, who attended these protests, said they were mostly “disorganized” and spontaneous.

“What I see is mostly young people between 20 and 25 years old, university students. They are not a part of any of them. They are members of leftist groups, but most have almost no affiliation,” the majority noticed.

“That is why there is no clear organization or vision,” Mesut said. “People are just angry. Young people are angry, and right. But I don’t see any organized or planned plan for this activism.”