A massive Istanbul demonstration over the arrest and jailing of opposition presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu and the fate of democracy in Turkey is planned for Saturday (May 29). There will be concern that the event could prove a fateful test of the willpower of the opposition and the movement to free Imamoglu and the ruling regime.

Court orders Imamoglu, a key rival to President Erdogan, jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.

A Turkish court formally jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponent, prompting thousands Sunday night to take to the streets across the country in protest.

Turkey's main opposition party says that the lawyer of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's opponent has been detained. It comes along with the detention of two journalists in dawn raids as authorities crack down on dissent.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s government in more than a decade.

Turkish fans had urged the rock band to cancel the show as thousands of citizens protest the recent arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Unlike X, which has suspended social media accounts at the request of the Turkish government, Meta says it has faced heavy fines in Turkey for refusing to do so.

Hundreds of thousands of Turks nationwide have heeded opposition calls to protest since Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained last week and then jailed pending trial on graft charges.