{"id":138413,"date":"2025-03-20T09:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/thousands-protest-against-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-seen-as-key-erdogan-rival\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:05:25","slug":"thousands-protest-against-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-seen-as-key-erdogan-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/thousands-protest-against-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-seen-as-key-erdogan-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands protest against arrest of Istanbul mayor seen as key Erdo\u011fan rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138413\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nAuthorities closed off roads and implemented a four-day demonstration ban in an effort to prevent protests following Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu&#8217;s arrest. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday following the arrest of the city&#8217;s mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu. The opposition figure is seen as a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan. Several roads had been closed, some social media platforms were restricted, and a four-day demonstration ban was put into place in an attempt to thwart protests.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the ban, many gathered outside the Istanbul\u2019s police headquarters, the City Hall, and outside the headquarters of \u0130mamo\u011flu&#8217;s Republican People&#8217;s Party (CHP). People gather outside the City Hall to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. People gather outside the City Hall to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Emrah Gurel\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved. One protester called the arrest &#8221;unlawful&#8221; and &#8221;baseless&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;This is not democracy. It\u2019s a sham of democracy. The people do not deserve this. We are upset of course. As humans, we are upset,&#8221; he said. Riot policed blocked off roads leading to the Vatan Security Department, where the mayor was taken following his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u0130mamo\u011flu is a popular oppositon leader and the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan. A total of 100 people, including the mayor and several other prominent figures, were arrested. \u0130mamo\u011flu and his aides are suspected of alleged corruption, including extortion and fraud, as well as aiding the Kurdistan Worker&#8217;s Party (PKK), an outlawed party classified as a terrorist organisation by Ankara, Washington and other Turkish allies. \u0130mamo\u011flu&#8217;s arrest comes amid a wider crackdown on opposition figures, which has been criticised as a politically motivated in an attempt to silence dissent. A day earlier, Istanbul University revoked the mayor&#8217;s bachelor degree, a requisite for running in elections under Turkish law.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the leader Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel mirrored the criticism. He claimed Erdogan, who has experienced significant losses in local elections last year, targeted \u0130mamo\u011flu as he feared losing to him in the ballots. \u00d6zel also accused authorities of a &#8221;coup attempt&#8221;. &#8221;They can do any evil. We are ready for any evil they can do. Because it is clear that the issue is not a political struggle, but a matter of existence or non-existence for the country,&#8221; he added. Turkey&#8217;s Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc countered the allegations, and reminded that the courts operate independently.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/20\/thousands-protest-against-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-seen-as-key-erdogan-riv\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/thousands-protest-against-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-seen-as-key-erdogan-rival\/\">Thousands protest against arrest of Istanbul mayor seen as key Erdo\u011fan rival<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[606,607,608],"class_list":["post-138413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}