Vast crowds of students surged onto Istanbul’s streets Monday in the latest protest over the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s opposition mayor that has sparked Turkey’s worst unrest in years.
The demonstrations began after Ekrem Imamoglu’s March 19 arrest and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, sparking clashes with riot police and drawing international condemnation.
Police have arrested more than 1,100 people, the interior minister said, among them 10 journalists,…
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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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