Another Erdoğan-coup.

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Another Erdoğan-coup.
Just a few days before the by far most likely opposition candidate, popular enough to threaten the dictator's rulership even with all the cheating, repression, etc, would have been nominated, that person has been arrested.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/19/istanbul-mayor-arrested-ekrem-imamoglu-days-before-likely-presidential-nomination-erdogan-ntwnfb
https://anfenglish.com/news/istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-taken-into-custody-78470
https://anfenglish.com/news/three-chp-mayors-in-istanbul-taken-into-custody-78471
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/human-rights-watch-condemns-detention-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-2025-03-19/

For reference, also a 5 years old article on the Erdoğan-regime's use of the courts system for targeted political persecution: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-judges-specialreport/special-report-how-turkeys-courts-turned-on-erdogans-foes-idUSKBN22G17N/?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29
The judiciary is only nominally independent while actually those who did not take orders have been pushed out.

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'European Parliament's rapporteur on EU-Turkey relations has condemned the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu [...] "among 100 people along with a 4-day ban on demonstrations. Again, as in all moves of last months, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Full speed towards a complete authoritarian state."'
https://medyanews.net/eu-rapporteur-turkey-moving-at-full-speed-towards-authoritarianism-after-imamoglus-detention/

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"The detention of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu early on Wednesday has sparked fierce backlash from opposition parties, who have denounced the move as an attack on democracy and a political coup against Turkey’s opposition"
https://medyanews.net/turkish-opposition-decries-coup-attempt-after-arrest-of-erdogans-main-competitor-imamoglu/

Amnesty International:
"Massive escalation in ongoing crackdown including arrest of Istanbul mayor"
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/turkiye-massive-escalation-in-ongoing-crackdown-including-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor/

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'Turkey detained 37 people accused of "provocative" social media posts over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the government said on Thursday, seeking to quell protests'
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-seizes-detained-istanbul-mayors-construction-company-2025-03-20/

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Current İstanbul protest livestreams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmbrr4ObGI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AA9Ttanxh0

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About half an hour ago the people "began to gather in front of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Saraçhane Building for the protest to be held at 20:30" local time according to dokuz8haber.
Protests are still banned.
Local time now is 17:38.

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Dictator Erdoğan's party: Protests are banned in İstanbul, because we're couping again!
Yıldız Technical University students, İstanbul, ~20 minutes ago:

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Livestream of Ankara cops currently assaulting protest against Erdoğan's latest coup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43BqKZqKbYc

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Current livestream of the banned İstanbul, Saraçhane, protest against the detention of the elected Mayor, most prominent electoral opposition candidate against dictator Erdoğan, and >100 others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP3EClTYE3I

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Nice!
Slogan at the banned protest in İstanbul now: "Her yer Taksim her yer direniş" = "Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance", where Takism is Taksim Square where Occupy Gezi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezi_Park_protests) and had as a primary slogan.
Followed by the antifascist worldwide classic "Bella Ciao!".

Goosebumps.

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Reuters: "Turkish protests ramp up over Istanbul mayor's detention"
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-seizes-detained-istanbul-mayors-construction-company-2025-03-20/
AFP: "Arrested Istanbul Mayor Urges Judges To Act As Protests Resume"
https://www.barrons.com/news/istanbul-s-mayor-still-held-as-new-rally-called-bff2573b

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Turkey's State censorship agency RTÜK fined Halk TV, SZC TV, Tele1 and Now TV for coverage of the events of the detention of İstanbul Mayor as part of dictator Erdoğan's currently ongoing coup.

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Now there is a new, current, livestream for the Ankara protest against Dictator Erdoğan's new ongoing coup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36XsymkpqY
The previous İstanbul livestream is still live too.

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Another current livestream, also in Ankara, but at Parliament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHSogmYw74

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Currently ongoing livestreams of protests against dictator Erdoğan's latest, ongoing, coup:

İstanbul (the largest city):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP3EClTYE3I

Ankara (the capital city):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36XsymkpqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHSogmYw74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsLjnSMDxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyvtY_7sFUw

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Marmara University students are currently going to the banned protest in İstanbul too.

Sooo, banning protests didn't work... this time either. Who could have guessed?

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And now there is another current livestream from the banned protests in İstanbul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D78BaHeCqVY
That's 6 active in total right now.

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"What's going on, actually, in Turkey?", someone might wonder.
Here's a new summary of latest developments:
"The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Erdoğan's main rival, has sparked outrage across Turkey"
Continue reading: https://medyanews.net/erdogans-attempt-to-eliminate-main-rival-imamoglu-met-with-harsh-response/

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At-home noise- and light-protest in İstanbul now against dictator Erdoğan's latest, ongoing, coup:

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More of İstanbul's at-home noise-demo: