- Title: Scuffles in Istanbul during protest over mayor's detention
- Date: 20th March 2025
- Summary: PYLOS, GREECE (MARCH 20, 2025) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) OUTGOING INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH, WALKING TO PODIUM AT PRESS CONFERENCE AND SAYING: "Good afternoon to all of you. We would like to congratulate Mrs Kirsty Coventry for her election as the tenth President of the IOC. I think she will have a very strong mandate with this clear
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- Keywords: Ekrem Imamoglu Opposition Turkey protests
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001042420032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Scuffles broke out between police and protestors in Turkey on Thursday (March 20), as thousands took to the streets over what they call the undemocratic detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Protests took place in various locations across Istanbul, including the entrance of the municipality building, despite a ban on gatherings, police barricades and dozens of detentions over social media posts.
Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, was taken in on Wednesday facing charges of graft and aiding a terrorist group, a move that the opposition condemned as a "coup attempt" and that sparked an initial round of demonstrations.
The move against the popular two-term mayor caps a months-long legal crackdown on opposition figures across the country which has been criticised as a politicised attempt to hurt their electoral prospects and silence dissent.
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