Istanbul Erupts in Protest Over Mayor’s Sentence for Trifling Offense

Irate Istanbulites packed streets of the cosmopolitan city to demonstrate against the draconian Turkish  justice meted out to the popular mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.

Made Nagi/Pool Photo via AP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with President Biden during the G20 leaders' summit at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Made Nagi/Pool Photo via AP

If Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan thought that he could consign an opponent to oblivion by unleashing Turkey’s infamous judiciary upon him, the thousands of Turks who took to the streets of Istanbul Thursday had a message for him: Not so fast.

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