"The arrest of Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor has triggered widespread protests across Turkey, with people taking to the streets in multiple cities to express their anger.Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opposition leader and strong political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's, was arrested—just days before the CHP was set to officially announce him as their candidate for the 2028 presidential election.The unrest expanded rapidly, reaching more than two-thirds of Turkey's 81 provinces within 48 hours, including traditional AKP strongholds such as Konya in central Turkey, and the Black Sea regions of Trabzon and Rize.
These protests are the largest in Turkeysince the 2013 demonstrations, which started at Istanbul's Gezi Park against its demolition and quickly spread nationwide."
IndiaTimes
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