Turkey is moving toward silence in the opponent Erdogan’s opponent, overlapping an account on X

Access to an opposition jail in Istanbul’s Imomoglu screenshots was blocked by the Turkish authorities.

Imomoglu, who is the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, can no longer send messages to Turkey with his 9.7 million followers on X. His account is still available abroad.

His social media was the main instrument for communicating with his supporters and preservation in society.

He posted daily, sending messages from prison through his lawyers. “It’s like the authorities want to make it disappear,” said one of the comments.

The Republican People’s Party Imomoglu (CHP) – Turkey’s main opposition party – said the BBC that the blocking of its account is a continuation of the “coup attempt on March 19” when it was arrested.

“Now they will not even allow him to talk to the public,” said Secretary General CHP Celine Sayk. “This clearly shows the fear of power that they will lose power. This is an attempt of a coup against the next ballot box.”

Opinion polls suggest that Imomoglu’s screening, which was elected mayor of Turkey, will win the presidential election if he succeeds.

The next presidential election should not be held until 2028.

A report on his account on Thursday states that it was blocked from the legal demand, although it is still available in Turkey using a virtual private network (VPN).

A lawyer who represents X said he had called the court to ban the social media platform.

Istanbul’s prosecutor’s office is investigating the post on Imomoglu’s account, based on the fact that it could be inciting crimes, reports the Presidential Relations Department.

In this message last month, the mayor condemned the arrest and wider repression of the opposition and urged the nation to complain and “raise their voice”.

Some X -users have replaced their images in the mayor profile, including Yusuf CAN, analytics in the Wilson Center in Washington.

“Elon has Muscovy Blocking the Mayor of the hostage and presidential candidate at the request of Erdogan,” silenced by the most famous opposition’s voice in the country. We are all imamoglu, “he said.

The mayor has been imprisoned since March on charges of corruption he has denied.

He is being held in prison with High Safety in Silira, on the outskirts of the city he was chosen for driving.

He has many companies – about 100 people were arrested with him – including city authorities and his party members. Since then, dozens have been arrested, including his lawyers, and lawyers who act on these lawyers.

Human rights groups say arrests are part of the acceleration of the attack on civil society in Turkey.

Imomoglu supporters say the accusations against him are politically motivated and Turkish’s courts were housed. The government said the judicial system was independent.

In his latest message on Wednesday, Imomoglu called on supporters to join the Istanbul protest that night.

It was one of the biggest weeks when tens of thousands appeared.

His arrest in March summoned the largest anti -government protests in Turkey in ten years.

The protests were largely peaceful, but about 2000 people were arrested in a few days, many of them students.

The demonstrations continue in Istanbul and across the country, but the figures were smaller.