Türkiye is facing the increasing street protests on the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, prison -national

Turkish President Tayeb Erdogan He said on Monday that the protests against a prison Istanbul The mayor has become the “violence movement” and that the main opposition party will be held accountable for the injured police officers and damage to property.

Last Wednesday, the detention of mayor, Akram Emamio, the main political competitor in Erdogan, turkey In more than a decade. On Sunday, a court was imprisoned, pending trial, on charges of corruption that he denies.

The main Republican People’s Party of the opposition in the Imamoglu and its supporters says that the charges against it are motivated and and unreasonable, which is denied by the Erdogan government.

Despite the ban on street gatherings in many cities, peaceful demonstrations often continued against government on a sixth consecutive night on Monday, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrations participated and the leader of the Republican People’s Party, Ozil Ozil, repeated the invitation of protests at the country level.

Speaking after the cabinet meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said that the Republican People’s Party should stop “provoking” citizens.

“As a nation, we followed the surprise of the events that appeared after the leading opposition leader called for going to the streets after the Istanbul -based corruption process to the violence movement,” said 71 -year -old.

“The main opposition is responsible for police officers (the injured), the broken windows of our store owners, and the damaged public property. They will be held accountable for all this, politically in Parliament and the judiciary.”

Earlier, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya accused some demonstrators of “exhausting” the streets and threatening national security. He said that 1133 people were detained within five days of protests and that 123 police officers were injured.

The CHP delegation in the Istanbul governor met to discuss the police campaign against the demonstrators. Istanbul president Ozjor Selek said to the party that the police intervened on Sunday night was the most violent so far, as many people were taken to hospital.

In his speech to hundreds of thousands of people in front of the Istanbul municipality headquarters in Sarashhan again, the leader of the Republican People’s Party, Ozil, reiterated an invitation to boycott the media, brands and stores that Bralandan described, adding all the charges against Imamoglu that are unfounded and without evidence.

“Whoever puts Tayeb Erdogan puts unfairly in prison, this arena defends them, for democracy and Turkey,” said Ozil, who also called for the ongoing protests, as the crowds waving flags and hesitating slogans calling on the government to resign.

Ozel added that his party will also resume that IMamoglu is being released awaiting trial, and by his trial on TRT State. Erdogan has challenged a televised discussion, while calling on demonstrators to maintain public order and avoid clashes.

Before the title of Ozel, in the historic Galata Bridge in Istanbul, it prevented the traffic sit -in protest on both sides of the bridge, while others gathered elsewhere in the city, in Ankara, and other cities.

Moments after Ozil was completed, the police launched gas and tears, and used water cannons to disperse the demonstrators in Istanbul, while several people were detained. In Ankara, the demonstrators stood in front of the trucks carrying water from the water and asked the police to allow them to take a car.

IMamoglu, 54, was imprisoned, awaiting trial on Sunday, as the Republican People’s Party held initial elections to nominate his presidential candidate. About 15 million votes were made to support the mayor.

IMamoglu’s arrest news covered the front pages of Turkish newspapers on Monday, as the opposition media refers to the arrest of the mayor as it is the most credible competitor to Erdogan.

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Mayor’s supporters said that the Imamoglu prison showed the absence of justice in Türkiye.

“I think there is injustice committed against Imamoglu. They put the man in prison for no reason.”

European rights groups and countries said that the arrest of Imamoglu represents a sign of democracy and criticized the police intervention. Germany said it had sought Türkiye to membership of the European Union, which it targeted for decades, which looked “increasingly hollow.”

He said in a statement that a meeting of the joint parliamentary committee of the European Union Torke was postponed on Monday after the European Union team concluded that the current circumstances are not favorable “to hold the meeting.

A People’s Republican Party official said on Monday that the party will appeal this week a decision from Istanbul University to submit the diploma of Imamuglu – required for eligibility on a presidential tour – and the added lawyers were working on the appeal of the mayor’s arrest as well.

Erdogan, who dominated Turkish policy for more than two decades and did not face any immediate tests in the polling fund, said that the events of the past few days showed that the Republican People’s Party was not appropriate to operate local municipalities, not to mention the nation.

He also sought to reassure the investors who sold last week of Turkish assets after the news of IMamoglu detention, and to send shares, bonds and a lira currency, which retreated and defending the central bank to interfere with foreign exchange sales and other stability measures.

Erdogan said: “Our main priority is the protection of water CT scan.

The Istanbul Borsper Benchmark Index. Xu100 Colds some losses on Monday after being subjected to a 16.6 % decrease last week, which is the worst decrease since the global financial crisis in October 2008.

Analysts expect a long period of political turmoil and uncertainty.

“The protests represent the most important general reaction for more than a decade, making it difficult to predict the path of events,” said Wolfango Piccoli, co -chair of consulting in Tenio.

“Once again, President Erdogan’s political agenda caused severe damage to Türkiye’s economic expectations.”