Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu announced that his lawyer, Mehmet Pehlivan, had been detained on dubious charges, following Imamogluâs own arrest. This incident has triggered intense nationwide protests against the government, marking the largest civil unrest in Turkey in a decade. Almost 1,900 individuals, including journalists, have been arrested as the state cracks down on media coverage of the protests. Turkish authorities have imposed sanctions against various media outlets reporting on these events, while opposition parties continue to rally support for further demonstrations against President Erdogan's administration.
"My lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained on fictitious grounds," Imamoglu wrote in a post on X, published via his legal team.
Protests have sparked the largest anti-government demonstrations in Turkey in a decade, with almost 1,900 people arrested since Imamoglu's imprisonment.
The CHP has called for protests to continue, and there were fresh protests overnight into Friday.
Erdogan has dismissed the protests as a 'show' and warned of legal consequences for protesters.
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