The protest movement took off since oak strap Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and political opponent of President Erdogan, been arrested accused of corruption and the support of a terrorist organization.
The protesters believe that the arrest was politically motivated.
President Erdogan and his government, who described the protests as “street terror”, have tried to extinguish the fire by introducing a demonstration ban and through restrictions on the Internet.
On Saturday came information that X-accounts belonging to several government-critical activists were blocked by the government, according to Politico.
But despite the restrictions, the protests have not subsided and protesters have pilgrimed to Sarachane in Istanbul.
“One million”
Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Özgür Özel responded to the attempt to ban in a statement on Saturday night:
– Today we are a million people. Do you understand what you have accomplished? You have won the streets and the squares back. Protests cannot be banned. I bust respectfully for you all, he said according to Medyascope.
Mayor is arrested
On the night of Sunday, prosecutors have requested that oak mamoglu to be formally arrested pending trial. A court will now decide whether Imamoglu should be prosecuted and imprisoned during the waiting period.