{"id":228892,"date":"2025-03-24T00:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-protest-in-turkey-as-leading-political-rival-of-president-erdogan-is-jailed-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T00:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:04:35","slug":"thousands-protest-in-turkey-as-leading-political-rival-of-president-erdogan-is-jailed-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/thousands-protest-in-turkey-as-leading-political-rival-of-president-erdogan-is-jailed-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands  protest in Turkey as leading political rival of President Erdogan is jailed | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Bmqj3RA3wSM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands  protest in Turkey as leading political rival of President Erdogan is jailed | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bmqj3RA3wSM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have again defied a Turkish government ban on protests and taken to the streets after the leading rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was charged with corruption and jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is widely seen as the candidate most likely to defeat President Erdogan in a general election.  He has denied the allegations and said they are politically motivated. &quot;I will never bow,&quot; he wrote on X before he was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n<p>His detention has sparked some of Turkey&#8217;s largest protests in more than a decade. Erdogan has condemned the demonstrations and accused the opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) of trying to &quot;disturb the peace and polarise our people&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emily Wither in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p> here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people have again defied a Turkish government ban on protests and taken to the streets after the leading rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was charged with corruption and jailed. 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