Nuri Aslan, who hadbeen serving as interim mayor since March 20 with a handwritten authorizationfrom Ekrem İmamoğlu, was formally voted as acting mayor after winning 177 of314 votes in a session led by Istanbul’s opposition-controlled municipal council.
İmamoğlu's arresttriggered nationwide protests, with more than 1,400 demonstrators detained overthe past week, Turkish sources said. Despite the sweeping arrests and frequentclashes with police, anti-government protesters vowed to keep rallying. "Wewill not back down," some chanted, denouncing the arrest as"politically motivated."
President Recep TayyipErdoğan described the demonstrations as "street terrorism" andaccused opposition figures of "inciting unrest." He warned that thosewho violate the law will be held accountable and vowed to end what he called "attackson the country's democratic order."
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