#turkey protests

Most of you probably have heard of the protests in Turkey following Ekrem Imamoğlu's (Erdoğan's main rival) arrest, which as a mutual of mine(who cannot make their own post because the government is monitoring the users' internet activity and there are high chances of being detained/arrested) said: "That was the catalyst, but the root of this matter is the fact that erdoğan is taking away our right to elect and be elected and turning the regime into an autocratic dictatorship when it should be democratic and absolutely secular. That's not all of it obviously, and definitely not the only thing that we are protesting against, but it's the most important one of all"

Since March 19 over 1900 people have been arrested (students, journalists, etc).

To make the protests look violent, while they are in fact peaceful, the government is sending provocators to make the cops mad and show how the police is being "treated"(ahem ahem) in the protests.

The police are violent towards people that were protesting peacefully, both out in the protests and when they have already been detained. They are attacking the protestors with pepper spray, plastic bullets and high-pressurized water.

"poor treatment and torture of the arrested students, there are 301 so far and some have been unjustly subjected to nude searchings, beatings that resulted in untreated broken bones and injuries that they've been forced to live with for more than a week, and general mistreatment and sexual assault as well. the doctors are not reporting injuries caused by the police and the cops aren't leaving the room while the patients are looked over."

Here are rumors that the police are using agent orange.

Also, guess who else have been detained. Imamoğlu's lawyer. Because of course he cannot have the chance to defend himself, can he?

Plus, accounts on twitter are getting banned for talking about this, thanks to godd ol' musky husky, eel on musk if you may.

This post doesn't have many details but you know which does? @siambre 's post, it is very detailed and you should give it a read

And here are some links my mutual provided me with:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/turkey-deports-bbc-reporter-who-covered-istanbul-mayor-protests?embedded-checkout=true

Me, switching back and forth between reading the news and Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine: "So that's what that feels like..."

Either 19 or 20 days I don't wanna give false information. And before that they remanded in custody (I don't know if I'm using the correct terms here) for 4 days before this. It's almost a month and they're still in there.

What did they do? They protested.

What are they accused of? Terrorism.

Fucking terrorism, mate!

WHAT???

The same people in their early 20's who went and organized educational events for kids who don't have access to good education, without help and with their limited money as university students already struggling financially. You're telling me these people have a connection to a terror group because of their political view? Because they used their rights?

Hello everyone! This is a bit different from what I usually post, but there's something important that I must share.

It'll only take just a few minutes to read this post so you can be aware of what's happening in Turkey. Please read and share, it's important to get as many people aware as possible.