Moderate and charismatic, the mayor of Istanbul embodies for many Turks the hope of a political watershed after 22 years of AKP rule.
To keep up the pressure on Turkey’s government, the opposition is calling for other forms of protest, such as calls for strikes or boycotts of pro-Erdogan media or businesses reputed to be close to the government. Opposition leader Ozgur Ozel told a crowd gathered at Istanbul’s City Hall on Tuesday that the crackdown would only strengthen the protest movement. Caught up in the crackdown was Elon Musk’s X, with the social media platform announcing Wednesday it would challenge in Turkey’s highest court a government order to block over 100 user accounts critical of Erdogan’s regime.
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