Turkey detained 37 people accused of “provocative” social media posts over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the government said on Thursday, seeking to quell protests.
Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, was taken on Wednesday on charges including graft and aiding a terrorist group, a move the main opposition party condemned as a “coup attempt against the next president”.
Thousands of protesters have taken to streets and
