Hundreds of thousands of protesters have congregated in Istanbul to how their support for the city's imprisoned mayor and demand his release. Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP) organised the demonstration,

Joakim Medin was detained in Istanbul as part of an investigation launched after a protest in Stockholm in January 2023, where a mannequin resembling President Erdoğan was hung outside the city hall.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s detention sparks mass protests across Türkiye. As President Erdoğan tightens control, opposition grows amid economic crisis, political turmoil, and fears over the country’s democratic future.

The fear driving the government to violently suppress the democratic demands of the masses is the possibility that protests led by students could mobilise the anger of the working class, which has been deepened by the rising cost of living and impoverishment.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters, many of whom are students, have gathered across Turkish cities to protest President Erdoğan's actions.

As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan climbed the first step on the long path to political power in Türkiye, the man who would attempt to threaten his rule was wrapping up his studies at Istanbul University.

KONDA has published a survey regarding the protests that took place following İmamoğlu’s detention and arrest. According to the findings, 21% of the public believe the protests are justified, while 52% support the protests as long as they do not disrupt public order.

The Istanbul protests exemplify 21st-century resistance, where absurdist humour disarms state repression, hyperreality reconfigures political meaning and cognitive warfare exploits digital virality. Baudrillard might see this as the triumph of simulation, where the protest’s image matters more than its reality.

Many consider the case against Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, seen as the biggest challenger to Erdoğan’s 22-year rule, to be politically motivated. #EuropeNews