Thousands gather in Istanbul for seventh night to protest jailing of city mayor

Record ID: 1985993

  • Title: Thousands gather in Istanbul for seventh night to protest jailing of city mayor
  • Date: 25th March 2025
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GRANDMOTHER OF VENEZUELAN MIGRANT DETAINED IN EL SALVADOR, NORIS CARRASQUEL, SAYING: "He was deceived, they said they were going to bring him to Venezuela and then they did that savagery. My grandson was deceived. I remember his last words, 'I'm going to Venezuela.' To this day he is still kidnapped, but I have faith that my grandson will return to me
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  • Keywords: CORRUPTION TRIAL EKREM IMAMOGLU ERDOGAN RIVAL ISTANBUL MAYOR MAIN OPPOSITION TURKEY
  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001164025032025RP1
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  • Story Text: Tens of thousands of people gathered for a sixth night outside the Istanbul municipality building on Tuesday (March 25), as protests against the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu resumed.
    CHP Chairman Ozgur Ozel, who has given hoarse-voiced speeches from atop a bus at Sarachane park each evening, has said the last event there on Tuesday would be both "a great end and big kick off" to new rallies elsewhere, vowing to fight on.
    He said the party will launch its election campaign with a rally this Saturday for presidential candidate Imamoglu. The CHP-majority council will elect an acting mayor on Wednesday.
    The continued protests pose a potential bind for Erdogan, who has called them "street terrorism." He has tolerated little criticism from the streets since authorities violently shut down the anti-government Gezi Park protests in 2013.
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