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I see today during my interrogation that I and my colleagues are faced with unimaginable accusations and slanders,
Imamoglu said in his defence during a hearing, the document showed
Mr Imamoglu denies all the charges against him,
one of his lawyers, Mehmet Pehlivan said
The detention was aimed at undermining Mr Imamoglu's reputation in the eyes of society,
he wrote on X early on Saturday, saying.jpg)
There will be no tolerance for those who seek to violate societal order, threaten the people's peace and security, and pursue chaos and provocation,
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on social media
Those who provoke our citizens and cause them to clash with our security forces are committing a clear crime.. There is no way this dirty scheme can be allowed
wrote Istanbul governor Davut Gul on X on Saturday, warning those responsible would be tried in court
Yesterday, my account was blocked by a court order because the tweets exceeded 6 million views,
he posted
They’d rather incite violence than answer judicial allegations,
he said, calling their efforts futile
Violence in any form is wrong—democracy guides us,
Altun asserted, backing the state’s ability to discern guiltTürkiye won’t fall for this game or surrender to street chaos,
he declared, defending the rule of lawOur forces, with patience and wisdom, won’t let provocations or vandalism threaten our nation’s peace,
he statedAttempting to associate judicial investigations and cases with our president is, to say the least, an act of audacity and irresponsibility,
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc told reporters on Wednesday, calling the separation of powers “a fundamental principle.”
He made it clear to Erdogan that the train is moving, it is coming in his direction, and he won’t be able to stop it with the normal means,
Mr. Esen saidWe can only call for this to end immediately and for the opposition and the government to stand in competition with each other, and not the opposition being brought to court,
he saidTurkey has never been a perfect democracy, but arresting a presidential candidate is taking this imperfectness to another level,
said Arife Kose, a doctoral candidate who studies Turkish politics at the University of East Anglia in BritainThe opposition never responds to the allegations brought forward by the judiciary,
he saidThe judiciary does not take orders from anyone,
he saidThey have elections, but they are so-called elections because the president himself is designing the opposition and deciding who is going to run against him,
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An anti-corruption operation in Istanbul is being used as an excuse to stir unrest in our streets. I want it to be known that we will not allow a handful of opportunists to bring unrest to Turkey just to protect their plundering schemes,
Erdogan said
With your support, we will first defeat this coup, and then we will send packing those who caused this,
he wrote on the social media platform XWe will not stay home while you keep our elected representative locked up. From now on we are on the streets. They are asking me ‘Are you calling people to take the streets?’ Yes, yes, yes!”
Ozel said