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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that the country's main opposition party is attempting to obstruct a major corruption investigation which targets Istanbul's jailed mayor and Erdogan's leading opponent Ekrem İmamoğlu
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That as protests have continued against the detention of İmamoğlu, we're nearly 2,000 people now detained and 300 of them jailed
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jailed. Edwin saying the main opposition party is trying to derail the investigation by shouting
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and accusing state institutions of politicisation in a bid to block justice. The opposition
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though, says the investigation is politically motivated to keep Imamoglu out of the running
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for the country's presidency. Well, another large protest was held last night in Istanbul
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Earlier, I spoke to our reporter there, Andrew Hillier. That protest is the first thing our team saw
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when we arrived last night here in Istanbul. A large protest on the Asian side of the city
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in a district called Kadokoy, attended by several thousand people, mainly students
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One of the first things that struck us when we arrived at that protest
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was the very large police presence that was there. We didn see any tensions while we were there at this protest There was at times quite a festive atmosphere There was music people giving speeches on stage
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but there was also a sombre mood too. There were parents of students who have been imprisoned
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while they await trial speaking on stage. There were letters from imprisoned students
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that were also read out to those who had gathered. The parents of one student telling us
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that they didn't know what the charges were. There have also been accusations of police violence
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We also spoke to students ourselves. Many students are very eager to speak to our team
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One in particular telling us that despite her own attention, because she had indeed been arrested by police
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when she participated in the protests immediately following the arrest of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamulu
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she said despite her detention, she was determined to speak out to continue protesting
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She said her generation had nothing to lose and that she would continue resisting
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That is something she said several times. She said that after Gezi Park, the Gezi Park protest that broke out in 2013
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Gezi Park, which is actually just behind me, she said it was her generation's turn to take to the streets
