Dozens of people, including journalists, appeared before a court in Istanbul on Friday, accused of attending banned demonstrations and disobeying police orders to disperse during anti-government protests that were triggered by the jailing of the city’s opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
Imamoglu, seen as the main challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule, was arrested on 19 March and jailed days later on corruption charges.
