Turkey is up in arms! Support for İmamoğlu grows: 'The day will come, the tide will turn!'

Citizens continue to react to the dawn operation that led to the detention of more than 100 people, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Here are the İmamoğlu protests city by city...

MAJOR PROTEST IN ERDOĞAN'S HOMETOWN OF RİZE

The detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was protested in the Pazar district of Rize.

CHP Pazar District Chair Ömer Hocaoğlu stated, "Oh you desperate ones who try to design politics with judicial apparatuses; do not forget, world imperialism could not surrender us at Çanakkale on March 18, 1915, and the fascism of September 12, 1980, could not surrender us. Do you think you can surrender us with these judicial coups? Just as we did not bow down to the conspiracies of the government yesterday, we do not bow down today either."

ADANA

Thousands gathered in Adana against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. The crowd, which gathered in front of Aksa Gaz at 8:30 PM, began a march toward Duygu Cafe.

TRABZON

Reactions to the detention of İBB Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu continue. His detention was protested with a march in his hometown of Trabzon. Citizens in Trabzon held a march in the square with slogans.

ANKARA

Ankara University students tried to cross barricades as they wanted to leave the university to conclude their protest on campus.

Students were intervened with pepper spray, and 6 students were detained.

AMASYA

Amasya also raised its voice for İmamoğlu. CHP members and citizens who gathered chanted, 'The day will come, the tide will turn, the AKP will be held accountable to the people!'

İZMİR

Students studying in İzmir, reacting to İmamoğlu's detention, met at Bornova Büyükpark.

Students who wanted to go in front of the AKP Provincial Headquarters encountered a police barricade. Changing their direction, the students tried to reach the provincial building from the back. The protesters, who came face to face with the police, tore down the barrier.

ESKİŞEHİR

Anadolu University students, supporting the detained Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, marched from in front of the cafeteria to the rectorate building.

The students, who made a statement there, later marched to the city center and met with students from other universities.

Citizens in the vicinity supported the students with applause, car horns, and by banging pots and pans from their windows.

İSTANBUL

In Kadıköy, citizens also held a protest as part of the demonstrations that began with the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu. Citizens supported the protests by banging pots and pans from their windows.

Following the detention of İBB Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, tens of thousands of citizens flocked to Saraçhane to react. Speaking at the gathering, CHP leader Özel stated, "They ask me if I am making a call to the streets. Yes, I am making a call to the streets!"

ÇORUM

Citizens who took to the streets in Çorum are marching with slogans of "Tayyip resign!"

KIRIKKALE

The Republican People's Party (CHP) Kırıkkale Provincial Organization held a march in support of İmamoğlu in front of the party building under snowfall. The event, which was also attended by Kırıkkale Mayor Ahmet Önal, included CHP Provincial Chair Onur Yüksel Bozdağ, CHP Central District Chair Yücel Kızık, and many citizens. After the march, hundreds of people read 'Atatürk's Address to the Youth' in unison.

KARABÜK

The CHP Karabük Provincial Organization protested the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu by holding a sit-in.