After Ekrem Imamoglu, a rival to the president, was this month detained on charges many saw as politically motivated, nationwide protests erupted.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul on Saturday to show their support for the city’s imprisoned mayor and demand his release.
Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) organised the demonstration, the latest in a series of protests that resulted in hundreds of detentions and have turned up the pressure on the country’s long-time leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
