Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests regarding the prison of the mayor of Istanbul became a “movement of violence” and that the important opposition party could be held chargeable for injured law enforcement officials and property damage.
The detention on the last Wednesday of the mayor of the Imamoglu, the important political rival of Erdogan, caused the best street protests in Turkey for over a decade. On Sunday, the court imprisoned him, waiting for the trial, on charges of corruption, which he denies.
The important opposition of the Imamogle Republican People’s Party (CHP) and its supporters say that the allegations against him are politically and undemocratic motivated, which Erdogan’s government denies.
Despite the prohibition imposed on street meetings in many cities, mainly calm anti -government demonstrations lasted the sixth century on Monday, with lots of of 1000’s, and the leader of the CHP Ozel Ozel repeated the call to nationwide protests to proceed.
Speaking after the meeting of the office in Ankara, Erdogan said that ChP should stop “provoking” residents.
“As a nation, we surprised the events that appeared after calling the main opposition leader to go out to the streets after operating corruption from Istanbul, which turned into a violence movement,” said the 71-yr-old president.
“The main opposition is responsible for our (wounded) policemen, broken windows of our stores and damaged public property. They will be responsible for all this, politically in parliament and legally by the judiciary.”
Earlier, interior minister Ali Yerlikaya accused some protesters of “terrorization” of streets and threatening national security. He said that 1133 people were detained during five days of protests and that 123 policemen were injured.
The CHP delegation met the Governor of Istanbul to debate the police repression of the protesters. The head of the party in Istanbul Ozgur Celik said that the police intervention on Sunday evening was the most violent thus far, and plenty of people were hospitalized.
Turning to lots of of 1000’s of people in front of the headquarters of the commune in Istanbul in Sarachane, the leader of the CHP Ozel repeated the phone to boycott media, brands and shops, which he called Pro-Erdogan, adding all allegations against imamogle, were unfounded, unfounded and deprived evidence.
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“Whoever Tayyip Erdogan will unjustly put in a prison, this square defends them, for democracy and Turkey,” said Ozel, who also called for further protests when the crowds waved the flags and chanted the slogans calling the government to resign.
Ozel added that his party would also like the imamogle to be issued while waiting for the process and his process was broadcast on the sender of TRT State. And he challenged Erdogan on a television debate, calling protesters to keep up public order and avoid clashes.
Before the address of Oze, at the Historical Bridge of Galata in Istanbul, the protest blocked traffic on either side of the bridge, while others gathered elsewhere in the city, in Ankara and other cities.
A moment after the end of Ozel speech, the police fired at granules and tear gas and used water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Istanbul, while stopping several people. In Ankara, protesters stood in front of trucks carrying water canons and asked the police to allow them to march in the room.
Protesters say that the mayor imprisoned “for no reason”
The 54 -year -old imamogle was trapped in anticipation of the trial on Sunday, because CHP held the basic elections to call him a presidential candidate. About 15 million votes supported the mayor.
The news about the arrest of imamogle included the front pages of Turkish newspapers on Monday, and the opposition media suggest that the mayor was arrested for being the most reliable pretender Erdogan.
Supporters of the mayor said that the imprisonment of the imamogle showed a scarcity of justice in Turkey.
“I think there is injustice against imamogle. They put a man in prison for no reason,” said a 22-yr-old construction employee.
Groups of European rights and countries stated that the arrest of imamogle meant a democratic deviation and criticized police intervention. Germany declared that the pursuit of membership in the EU Turkey, which has been aiming for a long time, sounded “more and more empty”.
The meeting of the joint EU-Turkey Parliamentary Committee was postponed on Monday after the EU side “came to the conclusion that the current circumstances were not conducive to organizing the meeting, he said in a statement.
The CHP official said on Monday that this week would appeal to the decision of the Istanbul University to annul the imamogle diploma – required for eligibility in the presidential race – and added lawyers also worked on appeals to arrest the mayor.
Erdogan, which has dominated in Turkish policy for over twenty years and has not encountered any immediate tests on the urn, said that the events of the previous few days have shown that CHP shouldn’t be capable of run local municipalities, not to say the nation.
He also tried to calm investors who, last week, sold Turkish assets after news about the arrest of imamogle, sending shares, bonds and currency of a falling lirus and prompts the central bank to intervene with the sale of currency exchange and other stabilizing agents.
“Our main priority is to protect macrophinan stability. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance, the central bank, all relevant institutions, with our support, are a fully coordinating work day, taking every necessary step,” said Erdogan.
Benchme Benchmark indicator in Istanbul .xu100, withdrew some losses on Monday after the fall of 16.6% last week, which is the worst decline from the global financial crisis in October 2008.
Analysts expect an prolonged period of political turmoil and uncertainty.
“Protests have been the most significant and universal public reaction for over a decade, which makes it difficult to predict the trajectory of events,” said Wolfango Piccoli, co -chairman of Teneo Consultancy.
“Once again, the political program of President Erdogan caused serious damage to Turkey’s economic prospects.”
