Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the days when politics was “directed through street terror” were “a thing of the past”. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between police and protesters in Istanbul on Saturday during a fourth day of demonstrations following the detention of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
With protests in Istanbul, Erdogan says days of directing politics ‘through street terror’ are gone
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the days when politics was “directed through street terror” were “a thing of the past”. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between police and protesters in Istanbul on Saturday during a fourth day of demonstrations following the detention of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.