The head of Turkey’s main opposition party has visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive protests calling for his release.

And following a similar path to Erdoğan, İmamoğlu became the mayor of Istanbul, Türkiye's biggest city. İmamoğlu has long been a leading figure in his party — the Republican People's Party (CHP) — and is now considered to be Erdoğan's most formidable rival.

Turkey has arrested the lawyer for jailed political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in what Imamoglu Thursday called a legal coup against democracy.

Many consider the case against Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, seen as the biggest challenger to Erdoğan’s 22-year rule, to be politically motivated. View on euronews

In the latest crackdown on protests sparked by the jailing of a key Turkish opposition politician, Istanbul police have detained 106 people on charges of violating a gathering ban, state media reported on Wednesday.

Turkey's opposition, galvanized by widescale protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor, is hoping to keep the momentum going in part by calling for a boycott of TV stations and businesses it says are "ignoring the moment".

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses opposition politicians in Turkey of "disturbing the peace of our citizens with provocations" after a week of protests Unrest began on Wednesday when Istanbul ...

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