Overview

• Fifty municipal employees, including İmamoğlu’s chief secretary, bodyguard, and the director of Istanbul Waterworks, were detained in Istanbul, Ankara, and Tekirdağ.
• Three additional arrest warrants have been issued as part of the ongoing corruption and terrorism investigations targeting opposition figures.
• Observers have raised significant doubts about the evidence against İmamoğlu, who denies all charges, calling the actions politically driven and undermining judicial independence.
• The CHP continues to organize weekly protests, with tens of thousands rallying in Mersin and other cities to demand İmamoğlu’s release and defend democratic norms.
• The developments mark the largest anti-government protests in Turkey since the 2013 Gezi Park demonstrations, highlighting growing political polarization.