Posted on 04/01/2025 6:06:29 PM PDT by george76
Istanbul mayor's arrest has triggered mass demonstrations..
Imamoglu was expected to challenge Erdogan in next election..
Biggest protests in more than a decade have hit markets..
ISTANBUL, - Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade.
A letter from Imamoglu was read out at the rally to cheers from the crowd. "I have no fear, you are behind me and by my side. I have no fear because the nation is united. The nation is united against the oppressor,"
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"They can put me in jail and try me as much as they want, the nation has shown that it will crush all traps and plots."
Hundreds of thousands of Turks nationwide have heeded opposition calls to protest since Imamoglu was detained last week and then jailed pending trial on graft charges. Protests have been mostly peaceful but nearly 2,000 people have been detained.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), other opposition parties, rights groups and some Western powers have all said the case against Imamoglu is a politicised effort to eliminate a potential electoral threat to Erdogan.
The government denies any influence over the judiciary and says the courts are independent.
'JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED'..
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators waving Turkish flags and banners flocked to the sea-front rally at Maltepe on the Asian side of Istanbul for Saturday's "Freedom for Imamoglu" rally, organised by the CHP. Police imposed tight security around a venue where opposition supporters were gathering.
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President E-Dog may have gone too far, this time.
They need to go Ceausescu on Erdogan’s ass.
Seems kangaroo courts and black robe tryants are all the rage this year with the globalist elite.
Jailing his main political rival was a risky move by him and could lead to his downfall, but he probably thought: if they can do it in Brazil, Rumania, and France, why can’t I do it here?
Biden tried it here. To jail or bump off his rival, Donald J. Trump. He failed miserably.
*They need to go Ceausescu on Erdogan’s ass.*
Some of these leaders need to learn manners the hard way.
We were lucky that Joe Biden was incompetent. Yes, he was a puppet. But who was handling him?
Erdogan intends to be Caliph of the Neo-Ottoman empire.
He’s already got his hands in Syria.
He wants no one getting in his way.
(DEMOCRAT Biden tried it here. To jail or bump off his rival, Donald J. Trump. He failed miserably.)
YEP
Yes, he was a puppet. But who was handling him?
Do you really have to ask? Did you just come out of a 20 year coma? Seriously?
Romanian opposition leader banned
Brazilian opposition leader banned
French opposition leader banned
Ukraine suspended all elections
Germany tries to ban the AFD
America tried to ban Trump
All to “save democracy”
No doubt the Yurps will approve. After all, this is exactly what they do to their political rivals - see Romania, France, no doubt Germany next if it looks like the AfD will win, etc.
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