Tens of thousands of protesters have taken over the streets of cities across Turkey, voicing their anger at the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is seen as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival.
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00:00Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied across Turkey for a sixth day over the jailing
00:05of Istanbul's mayor.
00:07Ekrem İmamoğlu is awaiting trial on corruption charges, which the country's main opposition
00:12party says are unfounded.
00:14İmamoğlu is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's main political rival.
00:19Protesters say the allegations against him are politically motivated.
00:23Bak Erdoğan, you said it would be the first day, the second day it would be stopped, the
00:31third day it would be forgotten.
00:33It's been a week, what do the young people say?
00:36This is just the beginning, the struggle continues.