Turkey: 2.2 million people attended Maltepe meeting in support of Imamoglu
Millions of people have joined together to voice their demands of justice after Imamoglu's arrest. Imamoglu is the lead candidate against Erdogan's presidency, and has been pushing for an early election before his arrest.
https://www.sozcu.com.tr/imamoglu-mitingi-icin-esi-benzeri-gorulmemis-kalabalik-vagonlar-doldu-tasti-p156737Open linkView original on lemmy.ml
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That's a crazy amount of people under any circumstances. World, take note - this is how you protest.
I hope this has a good outcome for Turkish democracy. Mainly for their own sakes of course, but the western world also really needs a win against autocratic regimes at this point in history.
Now it's high time for European leaders to show their support as well.
They are deathly afraid of the immigrants Erdogan is holding back
https://www.euronews.com/2025/03/29/eu-delegation-visits-jailed-erdogan-rival-ekrem-imamoglu-in-istanbul-prison
Good for them.
2 out of 15
What does this mean?
Originally I thought you meant 2 million out of 15 million people but Turkey's population is 86 million
Maybe he meant the population of Istanbul which is 15 million. That is fucking huge. In relative and absolute terms.
Istanbul is 15M