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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused opposition political parties of provoking “violence movement” because protests in the country continue on the sixth night.
Istanbul began unrest in Istanbul last Wednesday, when the mayor of Imomoglu, the chief presidential competitor Erdogan, was detained on charges of corruption.
Thousands of people gathered again on Monday. The waves grew on Sunday night, and the participants of the rally fired with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Imomoglu, also dismissed from his post as the mayor, said the allegations against him were politically motivated, the Erdogan’s lawsuit refused.
On Monday night, a large number of riot policemen accompanied the participants of the Istanbul Town Hall, when the crowds chanted and waved the Turkish flags.
The cars that carry the water rifles were also seen nearby, although the protests were largely peaceful, without repeating the rigid contractions observed on Sunday.
On the figures published before the evening on Monday, the Turkish government stated that 1133 people had been arrested from the moment the protests had been arrested.
In a previous television statement, Erdogan called the demonstrations “evil” and accused opposition political parties of “violations of the peace of our citizens”.
Speaking from Ankara, the Turkish capital, he called on the protests to end and said that “instead of answering the allegations,” opposition parties “made the most vile and illegal statements in our political history for (the last) five days.”
CHP leader Ozgur Ozel made the thousands gathered on Monday night. AFP said he said the crowd that the demonstration was an “act against fascism.”
Despite his detention, Imomoglu was confirmed on Monday when the candidate for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the Turkey presidential election. The vote confirming his candidacy was symbolic because he was the only person.
He spent on Sunday night in prison after being officially arrested and accused before “creating and managing a criminal organization, receiving bribes, extorting, illegally recording personal data and falsification of tender.”
A report on X last weekend stated that he “would never bow” and criticized his arrest as a “black spot from our democracy.”
He also sent greetings to those who protested and said that voters showed that Turkey was “enough” from Erdogan.
The demonstrations, noticed in recent days, are the largest in Turkey since the Protests of Gezi 2013, which began in Istanbul over the demolition of the local park.
They were largely peaceful, but on Sunday police officers fired from water guns and used pepper spray when the contractions were unfolding.
Dilek Kaya Imamoglu, the wife of Imomoglu, was also outside the Istanbul Town Hall and told the demonstrators that “injustice” with whom her husband faced, “put a chord with every conscience.”
Imomoglu was one of more than 100 people detained last week as part of the investigation. Other arrested included politicians, journalists and businessmen.
His arrest does not interfere with his candidacy and election to the president, but he will not be able to launch if he is convicted of any charges against him.
The politician in prison is considered by Erdogan’s most formidable competitors, who has held a post in Turkey for 22 years both the Prime Minister and the president.
However, because of the terms of the restriction of Erdogan, he cannot run again for the post in 2028, unless he changed the constitution.
Turkey’s Justice Ministry criticized those who associated Erdogan to arrests and insisted on his judicial independence.
