
Many Turkish anti-government protesters said they were bracing for a long-term standoff after six nights of action and scattered clashes with police over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, rejecting President Tayyip Erdogan’s claim their “show” will fizzle out.
The largest protests in a decade began last week when Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan’s main rival – was detained in what protesters, opposition parties, European leaders and rights groups called a