- Title: Protesters gather outside court where detained Istanbul mayor attended hearing
- Date: 22nd March 2025
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 22, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING, HOLDING FLAGS AND BANNERS, REPORTERS FILMING POLICE LINING UP BEHIND RIOT SHIELDS NEXT TO PROTESTERS PROTESTERS SINGING, SOME HOLDING TURKISH FLAGS AND BANNERS, PROTESTERS CLAPPING AND CHANTING POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR OUTSIDE COURT, POLICE VEHICLES PARKED NEAR BUILDING POLICE WITH RIOT GEAR WA
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- Keywords: Ekrem Imamoglu Erdogan Istanbul mayor Turkey court opposition
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001093222032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protesters on Saturday (March 22) gathered outside a court in Istanbul where Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was brought earlier in the day in connection with corruption and terrorism charges.
Protesters singing, chanting and waving flags and phones in the air were met by police holding riot shields.
Tens of thousands of Turks have taken to the streets in mostly peaceful demonstrations since Wednesday (March 19), when Imamoglu was detained on charges such as graft and aiding a terrorist group.
He is President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and leads him in some opinion polls.
Imamoglu has denied terrorism charges brought against him, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Saturday,
The court is expected to decide whether to either release him or jail him pending trial later on Saturday.
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