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  • 2 years ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had become a "movement of violence" and that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and property damage.

The detention last Wednesday of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan's main political rival, has triggered Türkiye’s biggest street protests in over a decade.

On Sunday, a court jailed him, pending trial, on corruption charges that he denies.

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00:00Following the call for a street protest by the main opposition party, after a corruption
00:07operation in Istanbul, we followed the events in a nationwide manner, which turned into
00:16a violent movement in a short time.
00:22Because of the attacks of the marginal organizations and urban bandits, 123 security personnel
00:30were injured in 5 days.
00:33Just like every game played without believing, their show will end when the curtain is closed.
00:43I believe that they will be ashamed because of the evil they have done to the country and
00:50the people if they turn back and look at it, if they have even a little respect left.

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