In response to Istanbul Mayor @Ekrem_Imamoglu’s arrest this morning, @Amnesty’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, stated “Today’s draconian actions represent a massive escalation in the Turkish authorities’ ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent.”

“The drastic rollback of human rights witnessed in Türkiye over the last decade has laid the ground for a level of impunity for human rights violations that should be challenged,” @Amnesty included in their statement.