In Turkey, mass protests continue over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a major rival to Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkish authorities have detained at least 37 people over social media posts in support of İmamoğlu, who was taken into custody Wednesday on what his backers say are trumped-up corruption charges ahead of primary elections on Sunday. Protesters took to the streets of Istanbul.

Bulent Gulten: “This is a coup to the national will and democracy. When viewed from foreign countries today, Turkey is seen as having an appearance where democracy is over, justice is over, and everyone who is not with the government is in prison. Do you actually know what this is like? It is proof that now the one-man regime is saying, 'There are no elections in Turkey. I am the king. There will be no elections.'”