Breaking News: Police intervene with pepper spray against CHP members in Çağlayan! Police block road with water cannon, chaos ensues
Police teams began intervening against CHP members around the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, where Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu arrived for two separate investigations opened against him. Security forces, who blocked the road with a water cannon (TOMA), intervened against the crowd with pepper spray.
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Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu arrived at the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan as part of two separate investigations opened due to statements he made regarding Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın Gürlek and an expert witness.
While İmamoğlu's testimony was ongoing, police began intervening against CHP members who came to Çağlayan while blocking the road with a water cannon.
CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair Özgür Çelik called out to the crowd gathered in front of the courthouse, saying, "They are not allowing us to pass to where the bus is. Come here." Subsequently, a scuffle broke out again between the crowd and the police. As the police fired pepper spray for a second time, many people were affected.