For the third consecutive day, protesters flock outside its Town Hall, responding to the call of the People’s Republican Party (CHP).
The opposition party leader in assured that 300,000 citizens gathered in Constantinople tonight to support the mayor of the city, who was arrested Wednesday for “corruption” and “terrorism”. The mayor was due to receive the Chp anointing on Sunday to be his candidate in the next presidential election.
“We are here with 300,000 people,” said Republican People’s Party leader Ozgur Ozel in front of the Istanbul City Hall where the crowd of protesters had gathered, following a CP’s call for a “night”.
“Don’t be silent, otherwise your turn will come soon,” the protesters shouted. Some were holding placards with slogans such as “don’t be afraid, the people are here” and “law, law, justice”.
Episodes in opposition rallies
Episodes broke out tonight in Constantinople and Smyrna, between demonstrators and police, during the mobilizations organized by the opposition, in support of Mayor Ekrem Imoglou, said correspondents of the French agency.
In Constantinople, police used plastic balls, according to AFP. In Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, class forces used water under pressure to dissolve the crowd, reported local television channels.
Apologized Imoglou – denies the categories
The mayor of Constantinople Ekrem Imamoglu attributed to him, according to a judicial document that came to the knowledge of the Reuters agency.
“I categorically reject all the allegations,” he said in his defense, according to the document.
Imamoglou, an official opposition official and a possible opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the next presidential election, was invited to answer at least 40 questions about the public competitions of the municipality.
Erdogan: deadlock Chp Road
We will not accept the disturbance of the public order, said, referring to the appeal of the president of the Republican People’s Party, the opposition opposition in Turkey, Ozgur Ozel, for citizens to take the streets after the arrest of the mayor. “Remember that the road to which the president of the CHP is calling is a dead end,” he said.
Speaking at an event at a Constantinople Conference Center on the occasion of the Nevroz feast, the Turkish president said: “If you can still defend all this robbery, corruption, immorality and mafia, and the mafia class. If you have a face, if you can digest it, go out and explain to the nation the “bricks” with the money. If you cannot do this, do not disrupt the tranquility of our citizens by shouting, calling, terrorizing the streets, provoking the youth. Do not throw a shadow in the spiritual atmosphere of the blessed Ramadan. “
In the shadow of mass protest rallies in the big cities of the country, Erdogan warned: “I emphasize it again, we will not allow a handful of robbers in the CHP to turn their own problems into the problems of the nation. We will certainly not accept the disturbance of public order. As we have not surrendered to terrorism on the streets to date, so from now on we will not succumb to vandalism. May God protect our country and our nation from all sorts of trouble and problems and actions of the petty -bastards. “
