
Men help demonstrators as police officers use pepper spray during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkiye, March 24, 2025. — ReutersÂ
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Seven journalists were detained to cover widespread protests, which have arrested Turkey, was released on Tuesday when the nation defamed another day of unrest on the arrest of the opposition’s top person.
On March 19, a large mob attacked the streets daily after the March 19 move against the Mayor of Istanbul’s popular opposition, Ekim Amoglo, which indicated the overnight clashes with police across the country.
The 53 -year -old Opposition’s CHP party, Amoglo, is widely seen as the only politician in the ballot box as the only politician capable of defeating Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but now he has been attacked by the mayor and terrorism because of the mayor and terrorism investigations.
Interior Minister Ali Yarlaikaia said that till Monday night, police had arrested 1,133 people in connection with the protests, with 43 more roundups, police arrested.
In early Tuesday, a court ordered the conditional release of seven of the eight journalists who were arrested in Istanbul on Monday morning, an AFP photographer.
There are still three journalists being kept. The MLSA Rights Group said, “which is providing them with legal lawyers, who is providing them with legal lawyers, who is providing them with legal lawyer,” said everyone was detained on suspicion of “violating meetings and demonstration law”.
AFP representatives and media reports said that the riot police once again crashed against the protesters who gathered outside the Satanbul City Hall on Monday night, and almost dispersed a student on the Galta Bridge, spreading Golden Horn Eastori.
The governor said on Tuesday that unrest continued despite the ban on protests in the three largest cities in Turkey, with the intervention in Ankara extending till April 1.
‘Police deeply shocking violence’
Police crackdown footage has caused a sharp response from rights groups.
The European Rights Organization, the Council of Europe, issued a statement expressing concern over “the unprecedented use of force by the police”, which also cited the crackdown on journalists.
London -based Rights Watch Dog Amnesty International has also called for an immediate halt to police violence, saying it has reviewed the footage, which is a “deep shock”.
“Amnesty International Secretary General Egness Columnard said on Monday,” The use of unnecessary and indiscriminate force by police against peaceful protesters in Turkey must be stopped immediately. “
It cited the use of pepper spray, tear gas, water cannons and plastic pills – “sometimes fired in the nearby limits on the face and upper body” – calls for an immediate investigation of “illegal violence”.
Students’ groups – many of whom have announced a lecture boycott in Turkey’s central cities – a new gathering on Tuesday, calling for the protesters to join the 1400 GMT in Istanbul’s Mika Park.
A union of doctors also announced a march in 1630 GMT which will go to the City Hall.
At a Monday rally, Opposition Leader and CHP chief Ozgur Ozil announced the boycott of 10 companies and organizations, including pro -government TV channels that have refrained from broadcasting protests along with a cafe chain to get closer to the government.
On Sunday, Amogloo was elected a large majority as a CHP candidate for the 2028 presidential run, observers said it was a basic primary that triggered the move against it.
His prison was strongly condemned by Berlin, which called it “fully unacceptable”, echoing Paris’s comments, expressed concern by Athens and Brussels.
Amoglov has condemned the judicial actions against him as he is a political “without trial” but has vowed to fight in several messages transmitted by his lawyers.