An AFP reporter said Istanbul: Test of about 200 people, among them students and journalists arrested Turkey’s biggest protests in more than a decade, opened in Istanbul on Friday.
There are 189 suspects in the dock, who were detained on March 19 and a government crack was scored on the protests after Istanbul’s opposition mayor. Ekrem ImamogluMost are students, but eight of them are journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who had been covering the biggest wave of road protests to catch Turkey since 2013.
According to court documents, they are facing several allegations, especially “participating in illegal rallies and march” and “failed to spread despite police warning”, according to court documents. Other charges include carrying a weapon, covering their face to hide their identity and provoking crime, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement on Thursday.
Friday morning, Istanbul Kagalion Courthouse An AFP reporter said that supporters were packed with family members, journalists, university lecturers and MPs.
Mayor is the President who went to jail in Istanbul Recep Tyip ErdoganThe largest political rival and CHP candidates for the 2028 race, with their arrest, inspired thousands of people to hit the streets, defying the protest ban in Istanbul, Rajdhani Ankara and Izmi.
The police were in a hurry to crack the police using tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the protesters and detain around 2,000 people. The office of the Istanbul prosecutor has said that more than 819 people will be tried on protests in 20 criminal investigations.
Addressing the court on behalf of eight Turkish journalists, advocate Wesel OK called for his acquittal. He said, “He was as journalists to cover the protest.
His lawyer said that along with four lawyers, different people will also be tried. AFP correspondent said that outside the courtyard, a large crowd of supporters gathered to protest, vowed to stand by his friends and family members.
“We are here for our friends’ tests that are in custody. We are from their side, we will not leave them on our own,” a student named AFPPon told AFP. “We have overcome our fear and have learned new things, we are strong, more united, more connected to each other,” he said.
“We are not afraid of anything. Hope is somehow back,” another student Sumai Bellenap said, who said that she will prosecute protests later in the year. Avni Gundogdu, co-founder of Parents Solidarity Network, who was established in view of the arrest, said that some people cannot go to court due to tight security measures. “We want justice for our children. They should be at their desk at the university, not in jail,” he told AFP.
