Thousands take to streets of Istanbul to protest over mayor’s arrest

People shout slogans as they leave a rally called by the Republican People’s Party (Francisco Seco/AP)

Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul on Saturday to how their support for the city’s imprisoned mayor and demand his release.

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) organised the demonstration, the latest in a series of protests that resulted in hundreds of detentions and have turned up the pressure on the country’s long-time leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.