The Interior Ministry has appointed a trustee to replace the Şişli district mayor. Mayors of İstanbul and the Beylikdüzü district will be replaced through internal elections within municipal councils, where İmamoğlu's CHP holds a majority.

The court ruled for İmamoğlu’s release on terrorism charges, preventing his immediate suspension from office and replacement by a government-appointed trustee.

Mayor İmamoğlu was transferred to the courthouse amid heightened security measures in the area.

" This kind of mourning established and maintained by the movement directly challenges official rhetoric and abundant expressions of hypocritical sorrow by government ministers."

The interior minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that 97 people had been detained during the protests throughout yesterday. Many more were apprehended during dawn raids.

The CHP's 2023 congress is under investigation over allegations of voting fraud, which could potentially lead to the dismissal of the party's current leadership.

The president and board members of the bar association are standing trial for condemning the killing of two journalists in an airstrike in northern Syria.

"We will continue to commit the crime of opening daycare centers. I entrust these centers, built for our children, to our people," the İstanbul mayor said through his lawyers.

Over 50 protesters were taken into custody in protests across Turkey, which have largely been led by university students.

İmamoğlu's detention "bears all the hallmarks of the pressure on a political figure considered as one of the main candidates in forthcoming presidential elections," said CoE officials.

İmamoğlu, who is seen as a strong challenger to President Erdoğan, faces the risk of losing both his chance to run for president and his position as mayor of İstanbul.

“They know thousands of us are here, but they don’t care," said one citizen.

İmamoğlu was taken into custody in connection with two separate investigations involving allegations of terrorism and corruption. The confiscation of the company concerns the latter investigation, where prosecutors accuse him of “forming a criminal organization for personal gain.”

"This is a coup against politics and democracy. Now, they will try to seize the municipalities as well. The government’s actions show that we are facing an outright coup and a system of political confiscation," says Tanrıkulu.

Members of the İstanbul mayor's CHP protested his detention in the parliament.

"The judiciary does not take orders or instructions from anyone. Judicial rulings are binding for all, and there are no privileges before the law," Tunç asserted, criticizing public calls for protests and references to a "coup" targeting the oppositon.

"Peace and a coup cannot coexist," says Meral Danış-Beştaş, spokesperson of the Peoples' Democratic Congress.

Bahçeli strongly criticized those characterizing İmamoğlu’s detention as a "coup attempt."

Since he was elected the mayor of Turkey's largest city in 2019, İmamoğlu has been a central figure in Turkey's political landscape.

Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 others including municipal officials and CHP members have been taken into custody on corruption and terrorism-related allegations. The mayor was poised to run in his party's presidential primary.