Turkey student protests on Ekrem İmamoğlu lead to clashes

Since the arrest of Istanbul's mayor İmamoğlu, the protests have not been torn down. The young demonstrators in particular are often concerned with much more - a future in freedom and a democratic Turkey. By Claudia Steiner.

Turkey student protests on Ekrem İmamoğlu lead to clashes

Police intervened forcefully during the protest, and demonstrators took cover behind dumpsters before being detained.

A video released on Wednesday, March 26, showed demonstrators at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara being shot with water cannons during...

In Turkey, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition force, called for a very broad rally on Saturday, 29 March in Istanbul in support of the city's imprisoned mayor, Ekrem Imamoğlu. A call to protest against mass arrests, since about 1,500 people have been detained since the beginning of the protest on 19 March, including about 200 imprisoned to date. Ekrem İmamoğlu's party is trying to breathe new life into the mob…

The opposition CHP has announced an extension of the protests in Turkey, which will continue until there are elections – or Ekrem İmamoğlu is free again.

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and the most promising opponent Recep Tayyip Erdoğans in the upcoming presidential election, was imprisoned and removed from office. Since then, mass protests have taken place despite the ban on assembly. Protest in Dervish costume: Demonstration against the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu and for democracy last Sunday in Istanbul. (Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN) Tear gas, plastic bullets, house raids, mass arrests: S…