Thousands protest in Turkey over Istanbul mayor’s conviction in Istanbul

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and the other opposition party leaders Ali Babacan of Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), Gultekin Uysal of Democratic Party (DP), Ahmet Davutoglu of Gelecek (Future) Party, Meral Aksener of IYI (Good) Party, and Sabri Tekir deputy chairman of Saadet (Felecity) Party, pose with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu during a rally to oppose the conviction and political ban of Imamoglu, a popular rival to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Turkey, in Istanbul, Turkey, December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas