Turkish Protesters

Thousands of Turks ramped up protests on Thursday despite a ban on street gatherings over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as the opposition sought to pin the blame on President Tayyip Erdogan. Protestors gathered at a municipal headquarters and police station in Istanbul, and at universities and public squares …

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