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The Turkish government warned Friday against “illegal” calls from the main opposition for street protests due to the custody of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamog, after the thousands demonstrated in the last two days.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said 53 people were detained, and 16 police officers were injured in protests who began in university campuses, Istanbul municipal headquarters and elsewhere on Thursday, scattered conflicts.

Imamogu, who president Tayyip Erdogan is the main political rival and leads him in some surveys, is detained on Wednesday, facing the charges that face prices, including the graft and help the terrorist group.

The main opposition of the Mayor of the Republican National Party (CHP) condemned the move as politically motivated and called people to lawfully show, while European leaders criticized custody as a democratic back.

Yerlikaya and the Minister of Justice, Yilmaz Tunc, criticized calls for the action from Chp Ozelo Leaders as “irresponsible” in the middle of a four-day prohibition of public gatherings.

“The gathering and marching in protest are basic rights. But it calls the streets during the current legal investigation is illegal and unacceptable,” Tunca said at X early on Friday.

Tunc said that the courtroom was a place to respond to any legal process and invited peacefully, adding that “independent and impartial judiciary evaluates the case. He warned against Erdogan connecting to Imaglu’s arrest.

The demonstrations took place on Thursday in Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul, as well as other provinces across the country, and the police raise barricades on several main streets.

‘Teatrics’

Erdogan rejected the criticism of the opposition as “theaters” and “slogans” that is distracted from their internal mistakes.

Speaking in the main Istanbul Rally late Thursday, Ozel Chp replied, “Hey Erdogan, you’re the most scared of the street. We’re on the streets now, in the squares. Keep being afraid.”

“While holding the one we chose in custody, we won’t sit at home,” a thousand supporters ago.

“Mr. Tayyip, you’re scared and you ask,” Do you call people on the streets? Do you call people on the squares? “Yes. I didn’t charge these squares or these streets, you are.”

Since Imamiglu’s custody, many supporters referred for more specifically and organized action from CHP, making the brightness to call significant access to the government.

That move against Imaglu, 54, the court mayor, comes as a CHP on Sunday, announced him as his presidential candidate on Sunday. He called on non-partisan members to vote for him in the voting frameworks placed on the country, as a sign of public resistance.

No presidential elections are scheduled until 2028. years, but Erdogan, 71, could call him early to avoid hitting a two-bed limit if he decides to restart.

Shooting

Imamaglu’s detention caps a monthly-long legal remedy for the opposition figures that have been criticized as an attempted their election chances and silence, accuses that the government denies.

Ankara snapped dramatically into civil disobedience, because the protests from the GEZI in the USA from 2013. against Erdogan government encouraged a violent state.

In the interview on Thursday, Ozel told Reuters that his party would resist, but do not interfere with public order.

He was certified that they would resist any potential attempts in the authorities to remove HP officials from the seat of the municipality, where they stayed from Imaglu’s custody. The party would resist any unfairly replacing Imamaglu, he said.

The government meeting could be replaced by mayor if formally arrested in the coming days, as part of the probe that charges it with the assistance of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), regarded the terrorist organization of Turkey and its Western Union.

His custody came a day after the university annulled the diploma, which would be stiffly blocked to run for president under constitutional rules that require candidates to have a four-year degree.