Turkey newest: Large protests throughout the nation after president’s primary rival jailed

Jack Burgess
Reside web page editor

Picture supply, Reuters

Welcome to the BBC’s stay protection following the huge demonstrations going down in Turkey.

Protesters have been gathering for a fifth day since Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained on Wednesday on fees of corruption and aiding terrorist teams.

Imamoglu is a key opposition determine and his detention got here days earlier than he was on account of be introduced as a candidate for the 2028 presidential election.

On Sunday he was previously arrested and charged with corruption. He has denied the allegations and stated they’re politically motivated.

“I’ll by no means bow,” he wrote on X earlier than he was remanded in custody.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the protests and accused the Republican Individuals’s Get together (CHP of attempting to “disturb the peace and polarise our individuals”.

We’ll deliver you the newest developments from Turkey proper right here.