{"id":14263,"date":"2025-03-23T04:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T04:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14263"},"modified":"2025-03-23T04:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T04:22:41","slug":"turkey-detains-hundreds-of-protesters-as-demonstrations-over-mayors-arrest-intensify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14263","title":{"rendered":"Turkey detains hundreds of protesters as demonstrations over mayor\u2019s arrest intensify"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=643368db-038a-4da0-91ad-adf241b42016\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Turkish police have detained more than 300 people during the biggest opposition demonstrations in more than a decade, sparked by the arrest of Istanbul\u2019s popular mayor, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the main challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, the country\u2019s longtime leader, was taken into custody on Wednesday on corruption and terrorism charges.<\/p>\n<p>Police detained 343 people at protests in Istanbul, the capital Ankara and seven other cities, according to a statement by Ali Yerlikaya, the interior minister. <\/p>\n<p>\u0130mamo\u011flu denies the charges and his supporters accuse Erdo\u011fan of using the police and judiciary to stymie his political aspirations. The justice minister has denied the investigations are politically motivated and said Turkish courts act independently.<\/p>\n<p>The move against \u0130mamo\u011flu has thrust the country into political and economic turmoil. It ignited a deep sell-off in Turkish assets that forced the central bank to sell billions of dollars of its reserves to defend the lira as it tries to cool inflation of about 40 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>It has also energised an opposition that has faced a long-running clampdown on free speech and assembly during Erdo\u011fan\u2019s 22 years in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan warned the main opposition Republican People\u2019s party, or CHP, that the days of \u201cdetermining politics with street terrorism are in the past\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will absolutely not allow the CHP and its partisans to disrupt public order with provocations and disturb the peace of our nation,\u201d he said in post on X on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The government has largely stamped out mass political protests since 2013, when hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations, called the Gezi Park protests. The crackdown marked a turning point in Erdo\u011fan\u2019s slide towards authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in Istanbul, Ankara and the third-largest city of Izmir are defying a ban on public gatherings after the main opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) called on them to demonstrate peacefully every evening until \u0130mamo\u011flu is freed.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have been mostly orderly, but on Friday night riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets outside Istanbul\u2019s city hall to stop some demonstrators who attempted to cross a barricade and threw objects at police, according to news reports. Water cannons were deployed in Ankara and Izmir. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul\u2019s governor, an official appointed by Erdo\u011fan, on Saturday banned \u201cpeople, groups or vehicles likely to participate in illegal protests\u201d from entering or exiting the province. The ban on protests was also extended to March 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u0130mamo\u011flu was brought to Istanbul\u2019s central courthouse late on Saturday. There, he will appear before a judge who is expected on Sunday to decide whether to release him or remand him to custody. \u0130mamo\u011flu can only be held for four days without charge under the country\u2019s anti-terrorism statutes.<\/p>\n<p>He was detained just days before a CHP primary to name its presidential candidate. The party has said it will go ahead with the nationwide vote on Sunday, inviting both its registered members and non-members to cast ballots. \u0130mamo\u011flu, who has been Istanbul\u2019s mayor since 2019, is the only candidate.<\/p>\n<p>A general election is not scheduled until 2028 but the CHP said that nominating \u0130mamo\u011flu now could pressure parliament to call a snap vote. \u0130mamo\u011flu has consistently outperformed Erdo\u011fan in opinion polls, with voters unhappy with the president\u2019s handling of the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan is precluded from running again by term limits, but his allies have called for the constitution to be amended so that he can stand again and extend his rule into its third decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/643368db-038a-4da0-91ad-adf241b42016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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