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We as a nation must stand against this evil. This is my call,
Imamoglu posted on X in a message transmitted via his lawyers We believe Imamoglu will win. If his candidacy is blocked, we believe this will turn into much greater support,
We have neither the time to waste on pointless debates nor stacks of money to recklessly throw around,
Erdogan said in an address in Ankara, a day after Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his main political rival, was detained What a politician should do is to follow the judicial process,
Thirty-seven suspects were caught, and efforts are continuing to catch the other suspects,
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Thursday of the new batch of arrests, according to the BBC In this land, the saying 'let the snake that doesn’t bite me live a thousand years' must not hold,
Imamoglu concluded in his statement I have foreseen and warned my nation about this,
Erdogan, dictator!" ... Government, resign!"
Despite the protest ban, thousands gathered outside City Hall late on Wednesday, chanting angry slogans including It could upset the government's plan to push through constitutional change that would enable Erdogan to run for a third term,
Instead of attacking us, Mr. Özel should articulate his stance on these allegations. Does he say that he believes these accusations to be false? Does he publicly declare, 'If the claims are proven true, I will resign as party leader?’
Mr. Özel’s use of such terms once again reveals a serious issue with political literacy within the CHP, as these concepts should not serve as the foundation for any political evaluation,
AKP spokesperson Ömer Çelik told press members on March 20. You cannot and must not remain silent,
Imamoglu wrote on X, referring to his detention Imamoglu won the mayoral elections [in Istanbul] twice – he won the last one with a huge margin of around 52 percent,
said Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Turkiye Millions of us will be on the streets and will cast our votes on Sunday,
Özel said, referring to the primaries for the nomination of the main opposition’s presidential candidate There will be two ballot boxes: One for the CHP members and the other one for those who want to demonstrate solidarity with our next president, Ekrem İmamoğlu,
We will all go and vote together on Sunday,
Yavaş said, expressing his support for İmamoğlu I invite 86 million people [of Türkiye] to object, raise their voices, make themselves heard and stand up,
Özel said in an address to a crowd gathered in front of the Istanbul Municipality late on March 19 in reaction to the detention of İmamoğlu and more than 100 others This is a coup attempt. What happened on March 19 was a coup attempt. The people’s will is being usurped through a judicial move,
We can only call for an immediate end to this and for the opposition and the government to compete with each other rather than the opposition being put on trial,
It is depressing for democracy in Turkey, but it is certainly also depressing for relations between Europe and Turkey.”