The leader of Turkey\u2019s main opposition party has called for a boycott on Wednesday to protest the detention of students rallying in support of Istanbul\u2019s jailed opposition mayor.<\/p>\n
\u201cStop all purchases! Supermarkets, online shopping, restaurants, petrol, coffees, bills, buy nothing,\u201d said Ozgur Ozel, head of the CHP party to which mayor Ekrem Imamoglu belongs, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI invite everyone to use their consumer power by participating in this boycott,\u201d added Ozel, echoing an appeal launched by student groups.<\/p>\n
Ozel said 301 students have been arrested and detained for taking part in the protests against the detention on March 19 of Imamoglu, widely considered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s greatest political rival.<\/p>\n
In the wake of his message, the Istanbul public prosecutor\u2019s office said it was opening an investigation against people who had launched or shared calls for a boycott, according to the official Anadolu news agency.<\/p>\n
That investigation would notably probe \u201cincitement to hatred\u201d, the agency added.<\/p>\n
Lawyers and politicians supportive of Imamoglu have denounced rough treatment of students by police.<\/p>\n
The CHP leader had already launched a call to boycott dozens of Turkish companies and groups reputed to be close to the government, in a bid to put pressure on the authorities.<\/p>\n
Imamoglu\u2019s arrest on corruption charges, which he denies, have set off a wave of popular protests unseen in Turkey for more than a decade.<\/p>\n
Turkey\u2019s authorities had banned demonstrations in Istanbul, the large western city of Izmir and the capital Ankara in response.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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