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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kirsten Grieshaber

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Protests grow in turkey after main rival to president is jailed pending trial | Mind Blowing Facts

Riot police officers clash with protesters after Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison on Sunday - (AP)

Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters gathered outside Istanbul city hall on Sunday night to protest the arrest of the city's mayor.

A court formally arrested mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – a key rival to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan – earlier on Sunday and jailed him pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.

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