After a month of mobilization, the Turkish opposition wants to put its movement on hold

On 19 March, Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested for "corruption" and "terrorism". He has since been in detention, forcing hundreds of thousands of Turks, including many students, to go down the streets.

Imamoglu was arrested on March 19, along with nearly a hundred collaborators, as part of an investigation into alleged bribery, manipulation of bids, and corruption in the Istanbul City Council, according to the EFE agency. The Social Democratic mayor's lawyers appealed against the preventive detention measure, stressing that there is no risk of escape, but the court decided today to reject this appeal. The mayor is also accused of “collaboratin…

The objection to the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was rejected by the court.

Monthly detention review: Ekrem İmamoğlu's detention has been decided to continue

A monthly review of Ekrem İmamoğlu's detention was conducted. It was decided to continue the detention of Imamoğlu.