{"id":5272,"date":"2025-03-22T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/turkey-detains-343-people-over-protests-against-istanbul-mayors-detention-interior-ministry-says\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T11:18:50","slug":"turkey-detains-343-people-over-protests-against-istanbul-mayors-detention-interior-ministry-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/turkey-detains-343-people-over-protests-against-istanbul-mayors-detention-interior-ministry-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor\u2019s detention, Interior Ministry says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264914\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25080723816954-320x200.jpg?v=1742637685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25080723816954-scaled.jpg?v=1742637685\" alt=\"Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor\u2019s detention, Interior Ministry says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25080723816954-960x600.jpg?v=1742637687\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations took place in more than a dozen cities including Turkey\u2019s biggest city Istanbul and the capital Ankara, the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It said the detentions were made to prevent \u201cdisrupting of public order\u201d and warned that authorities would not tolerate \u201cchaos and provocation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Turks have taken to the streets in mostly peaceful demonstrations since Wednesday, when Imamoglu was detained on charges such as graft and aiding a terrorist group. He is President Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s main political rival who leads him in some opinion polls.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor\u2019s Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP), the main opposition, condemned the move as politically motivated and urged supporters to demonstrate lawfully. 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