Hundreds of thousands march in support of arrested Istanbul mayor, defying Erdogan
Hundreds of thousands march in support of arrested Istanbul mayor, defying Erdogan
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Hundreds of thousands march in support of arrested Istanbul mayor, defying Erdogan
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul on Friday in support of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan's chief political rival – who was detained on Wednesday, just days before he was to be formally named as a candidate in Turkey's 2028 presidential election. The protestors marched despite a warning that authorities will crack down on "street terrorism".
I called CHP's candidate nomination votes a dumb move back in the day, since the sole candidate to vote for was announced to be Imamoglu. Since the next president election was dating all the way to 2028, I thought there was no point in voting towards a single candidate, what would that show?
That was until Imamoglu's arrest. With that move Erdogan has managed to unify all opposing parties to rally behind Imamoglu. CHP, the lead opposition party can show the support behind Imamoglu via sheer numbers to push for an early election.
Its still up to Erdogan to decide
There exists plenty of ways to push for an early election. Easiest way I can see is resigning around 30 parliament members; which according to the law starts an early party election.