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Explained: Why are protests escalating in Turkey after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor?
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25/03/2025
Explained: Why are protests escalating in Turkey after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor?
Anger over the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu has spilled over into the fiercest protests to grip Turkey in over a decade.
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Why are protests erupting in Turkey?
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Tens of thousands of protesters have been taking part in the biggest demonstrations
00:11
to be seen in Turkey in over a decade.
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They were sparked by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Erdogan's
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fiercest political rival, just days before he was nominated as the presidential nominee
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of the opposition Republican People's Party or CHP.
00:30
If convicted for the corruption charges levelled against him, Imamoglu will not be able to
00:35
run in the 2028 presidential ballot.
00:38
His university diploma, a prerequisite for running for office in Turkey, has also been
00:44
nullified.
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The events are widely perceived as an attempt to erase Erdogan's adversaries and a sharp
00:50
turn towards full autocracy.
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Protests have defied a four-day government ban to take to the streets.
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This video, shared by online media T24, shows riot police restraining a protester and some
01:03
officers are not wearing numbered helmets that allowed them to be identified, something
01:08
human rights groups have long condemned for facilitating police impunity.
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The events have also triggered a wave of online misinformation.
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This widely circulating video claims to show a demonstration against Imamoglu's arrest,
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but in fact shows crowds gathering for the Pope's visit to East Timor last September.
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Another widely shared video claims to show the chairman of Imamoglu's CHP party, Özgür
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Özel, rallying a crowd of protesters to clash with the police.
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We verified Özel's speech and found it had been deceptively cut to take his words out
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of context.
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He in fact called on the crowds to use common sense and adopt just means in the fight for
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justice.
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