Turkish authoritarian leader Recept Tayp Erdogan said on Monday that the “show” in support of imprisoned Istanbul mayor Eklem Imamogul will soon be over.
“No one wants to terrorize our city and turn this country into a chaotic place. The path they took is a dead end,” Erdogan said. I said.
Erdogan dismissed the protest as “street terrorism” and “evil.” It's begun After Imamoguru was arrested last week.
Erdogan critics, including members of Imamoguru's CHP party; defendant Erdogan for arresting a popular mayor to knock him out of the next presidential election. Erdogan is rapidly approaching the legal restrictions he has held for more than 20 years. Unless he is able to amend the Turkish constitution, he will need to call an early election to secure another term, and the current vote suggests that Imamoguru will defeat him.
On Wednesday, Erdogan was angry defendant His opponents say he “sinks the economy” by coordinating large-scale protests in Istanbul, Ankara and other major cities over the arrests of Imamoguru.
Erdogan argued that the opposition parties were “desperate enough to throw the country and its nation into fire.” He vowed that Imamogul supporters will “take liability before the court” for conduct of “sabotage that targets the Turkish economy.”
Since Imamoguru was arrested, the Turkish economy has actually been assaulted, and has strengthened the general downward trend under the past few years of Erdogan's leadership. Only in Turkish stock market Conclusion The worst week since the 2008 global financial crisis.
The CHP and Imamoguru themselves urged their supporters to march on the streets. More than 1,400 people were detained during the protest, and was banned from the start under Erdogan's order.
CHP Chairman Ozgur Ozel I said A crowd of student protesters said the next big rally will be held on Saturday in a public square outside Istanbul City Hall on Tuesday night.
“We support Imamoguru, oppose his arrest, oppose the detention of each mayor. We say we have enough and want an early election to demand a transparent and open live broadcast trial,” he said of the purpose of the rally.
Ozel, who has given mostly non-stop public speeches since Imamoguru was arrested, said the demonstrations outside city hall on Tuesday night were the “big end” of the first phase of the protests and a “big kickoff” in the next phase.
The CHP officially appointed Imamoguru as presidential candidate on Sunday, even if he was imprisoned. On Wednesday, the Istanbul City Council, where the CHP holds most of its seats, served as Vice Mayor Voli Aslan as acting mayor while Imamoguru was in prison.
Imamoguru himself I wrote it A social media post from the prison on Wednesday condemns police brutality against protesters.
“A group of people who can't call the police are abusing young children like diamonds in custody. I cannot call them to the police because my honorable police don't do this cruelty to the young children of the country,” he wrote.
The UN Human Rights Commission raised concerns this week about police violence against Imamogul protesters. Meeting With Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) Chairman Fabrice Fries I wrote a letter On Tuesday, he urged Erdogan to “intervene” in the case of AFP photographer Yasin Akgul.
“Yasin Akgul was not part of the protest.” Freis told Erdogan. “As a journalist, he has featured one of many demonstrations that have been organised in the country since Wednesday, March 19th. He has each been a witness to his work as a journalist since the start of the protests.”
