Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade.
A letter from Imamoglu was read out at the rally to cheers from the crowd. “I have no fear, you are behind me and by my side. I have no fear because the nation is united.
