site.btaThousands Gather in Support of Investigated Istanbul Mayor, Police Use Tear Gas

Thousands of people, including the Ankara Mayor, supported the investigated Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, who was summoned to appear in court Friday to testify. Since the early hours of the day, people have been gathering outside the Istanbul Courthouse with banners in their hands in support of the Mayor. The crowd chanted "We want justice, law, legality" and "We are [Republic of Turkiye's founding father Mustafa Kemal] Ataturk's soldiers".