Turkish police arrested dozens of “insult”, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family

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The Turkish police arrested dozens of people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family during the street protests that ignited his main rival this week.

Istanbul mayor prison Ekrem ̇mamoğluThe most popular politician in the country led to the launch of political and financial turmoil in Turkey, which led to the ignition of the largest public protests in more than a decade and pushed investors to sell Turkish assets.

The recent arrests were announced after the opposition said that it would end for a week of demonstrations outside the Istanbul city hall, but called on people to boycott companies that they said supported the government.

The Minister of Finance in Türkiye and the central bank ruler was scheduled to receive a phone call with investors in London on Tuesday to reassure investors that they will adhere to a 1.3 Triot economy recovery program.

The arrest of IMamoglu on March 19 on charges of corruption, which denies it, was a great escalation in Erdogan’s campaign against the opposition. Tens of thousands of people have moved to the streets, fearing that the longest leader in Türkiye will become

The 71 -year -old described the protests “terrorism in the street” and insisted that the judiciary acted independently against Imamoglu. on monday, Erdogan The Republican People’s Party accused the main opposition (CHP) of “evil with the country” by calling for demonstrations.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early on Tuesday that the police detained 43 of the “stimuli” and were seeking to obtain more suspects after he claimed that the demonstrators had made “evil insults against our president, his late mother and his family.”

At least 1133 others have been arrested in protests throughout the country. The Federation of Journalists said that the police raided houses of 11 reporters and photographers covering the demonstrations and took them in the reservation on Monday.

The leader of the Chp Oözgür party said that the gathering on Tuesday night will be the last opposition in the city hall and that the city council on Wednesday will elect a member of the Republican People’s Party to defend Eamoglu in an attempt to prevent the government from controlling the municipality.

On Tuesday, Ozil visited Emamoglu in West Istanbul prison, where many political dissidents are being held. The mayor and two of the mayors of the People’s Party, the researcher, described their arrest as “highly possessed their heads.”

“I have been shy about the name of those who rule Turkey for the situation in Silveri prison,” he said outside Silveri prison. He said they did not take into account “the reverse reaction.

CHP called in supporters to avoid companies that say the return of Erdogan’s government, starting from a series of cafes to book sellers and a director of Sahli.

The party has benefited from a feeling of distress on the economy, as inflation is about 40 percent. In the municipal elections last year, CHP won the largest vote in the country, as it presented the largest relapse to Erdogan two decades ago.

Erdogan’s candidate, Erdogan chose for the mayor of the largest city in Türkiye, defeated his re -election by more than 11 percentage points. Erdogan has been constantly outperformed in the surveys of the next option for the presidency, although the elections were not scheduled until 2028.

Investors fled Turkish assets last week, forcing the central bank to sell billions of dollars from foreign exchange reserves To enhance the lira.

The Shamsik Office said that Finance Minister Mohamed Shamsik and the ruler of the Central Bank, Fateh Karahan, calls for a summons with global investors to “assess the latest developments in the Turkish economy.”