What does Turkey's political turmoil mean for Europe? | ITV News

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@guraytuncbiz9979 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

The majority who love their country support Erdoğan and will continue to do so. For this reason, he is a world leader who has won the most democratic and transparent elections for years and is one of the most experienced leaders globally. Such one-sided media approaches may aim to manipulate public opinion in line with specific ideological or financial interests. By hiding certain facts and only highlighting events that support their perspective, media outlets can mislead large audiences.

It is particularly noteworthy that there is no clear information on why the CHP-affiliated mayors, whom the protesters support, have been detained or arrested. Allegations such as setting up fake companies to engage in corruption in tenders, secretly transferring millions to companies, and using municipal budgets to benefit personal businesses are being ignored.

Additionally, serious accusations such as appointing individuals with links to the pkk—a terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Turkish civilians, soldiers, and police officers—into municipalities are also being overlooked. The alleged agreements made with the pkk connected people in exchange for votes in the last Istanbul municipal elections and the employment of terrorist-linked individuals in municipalities are met with silence.

The real scale of events is being misrepresented by failing to mention incidents such as businesses being destroyed and burned during protests, police officers being attacked with acid, Molotov cocktails, and axes, and hundreds of officers being injured. Similarly, the unlawful redirection of municipal budgets to external entities through fake invoices is also not being addressed.

Such selective reporting prevents the public from fully understanding the situation and serves a deliberate manipulation process. To access accurate and unbiased information, it is always best to seek information from multiple sources.

@yoncakongul7189 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

I HEARD IT FROM A VIDEO IN YOUTUBE: NOW, THE LAWYER OF IMAMOGLU IS ARRESTED, TOO! BECAUSE SHE SAID ON TV THAT IMAMOGLU IS INNOCENT! THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM!

@jayjay-71 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

This may be true… but i can't believe a word ITV news say…

@bowlampar April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Europe probably will choose to ignore over Erdogan manipulative political methods at home, European leaders are in need of Turkiye playing a major role in their Security Guarantee alliances and play constructive part in prolonging Ukraine war.

@vildanmcallister2869 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Oyun Ekrem İmamoğlu na

@kozgun3206 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

I dont know if you are stupid or not give the right point delibaretely. THE POINT IS NOT ABOUT CHARISMA OF IMAMOGLU OR WE NOT IN LOVE WITH HIM OR ANY POLITICAL MAN OR WOMAN. WE THE SECULARS IN TURKEY WE HATE HATE HATE THE SATAN ERDOGAN. WE EXHAUSTED HIS CRASSNESSES. AND WE WATCH DESPAIRINGLY THE FLIRT OF ERDOGAN AND THE WEST WORLD BRT. USA OR GERM. BECAUSE HE IS A SELFSEEKEER TRAITOR DICTATOR WEST GOV.S GIVE HIM MONEY AND POITICAL ASISTANCE IN RETURN FOR "KEEPING INVADER IMMIGRATOR INVADERS FROM ALLL OVER THE MIDDLE ASIA AND AFRICA AND ERDOGAN IS HAPPY MORE ISLAMIC VOTE + EUROPEAN & USA POLITIC SUPPORTING 🎂🥮🍦🍧 WEST WORLD IS HAPPY BECAUSE A TRAITOR DICTATOR IS KEEPING INVADERS IN TURKEY. BUT WE ARE UNREST! BECAUSE WE NEVER DESERVE THIS INVADERS AND INFLATION AND CORRUPTED ISLAMIC POLITICIANS HELL. WE RESIST THIS ISLAMIC GOV. FOR 23 YEARS. WE RESIST ERDOGAN OR GULEN FOR 23 YEARS. DESPITE THE WEST WORD POLITIC AND ARAB KINGS MONEY SUPPORT WE RESIST WITH NO SUPPORT FROM CIVIL" WORLD. WE VOTE EVEN A CAT OR DOG AGAINST SATAN ERDOGAN. WE DONT SEEK FOR A CHARISMATIC LEADER. BUT WE ARE NOT MORE THAN %50. BUT THE DIFFARENCE OF IMAMOĞLU IS HE CAN GET THE VOTE FROM ISLAMIC CONSV.S TOO. SO WE GET A CHANCE TO GET RID OF SATAN ERDOGAN AFTER 23 YEARS OF PAIN. BUT HE PUT HIM INTO JAIL IN CHARGE OF THE CRIMES WHAT HE DID MORE AND MOOOOORE. ERDOGAN HAS HUNDEREDS BILLION DOLLARS STOLE FROM US 😢. HE S VERY POVERFULL WITH THIS ENORMOUS MONEY. HE HAS THE JUD HE HAS THE POLICE HE HAS THE ARMY HE HAS %90 OF MEDIA. AND HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF SHREWD FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 😢😢😢😢🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@Murat-np3yt April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

FULL support to ERDOGAN. he's fighting against leftist vandals. all world should unite agains these leftist ideologies. they have no moral values. they want no religion no god no gender no family.

@ButthurtImmigrant April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@serkanakca9702 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

The Minister of Justice and the members of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors are appointed by Erdoğan. They, in turn, appoint judges and prosecutors. In other words, nearly all judicial bodies and judges are directly dependent on Erdoğan. In this situation, no one can expect a fair trial.

@serkanakca9702 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

İmamoğlu is the strongest presidential candidate in Türkiye. There is no concrete evidence of corruption against him. His arrest on the very day his presidential candidacy was to be announced is no coincidence. The judiciary is acting on the government's instructions. The judiciary in Türkiye is neither independent nor impartial. This is entirely a political operation.

@selindenizcebi9952 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Please do not turn a blind eye to the democratic Turkish opposition, and please do not cooperate with dictator Erdoğan!!!

@mrc-e2n April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Milliyetçiler halkçılar devletini sevenler sokaktakilerdir.

@explorer-bigman8756 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

They seised imamoglu’s diploma as if you don’t have university diploma you cant be president,then accused him supporting terror and corruption and jailed him.What a coincidence when all poles showing imamoglu 65% erdogan 35%.

@AliSarvari-r5c April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Ekrem emamoglu🇹🇷✊🏻🇹🇷✊🏻

@selo8050 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

What does the guest commentator drinking. The referandum that led to Erdogan's dictatorship was riigged. Towards the end of the vote counting 800000 votes withput the the official stamp turned up out of nowhere and were announced as"legal vote". Unsourprisingly %95 percent of those votes were in favor of Erdogan.

@tomsteward-k2s April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Dramatik events in politicians in Turkey causes protests

@yarnybart5911 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Hopefully we can add a few million Turks to the other muslims moving to Europe. Win win…

@earthinker April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Turkish people are really got tired of a "one man" and of living under non-democratic conditions . If he is being supported, he likes them and if you are an opponent, he can announce you as evil,enemy and suddenly you can find yourself in jail

@esrefpasal9724 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

❤🇹🇷EKREM 🇹🇷 İMAMOĞLU

@betul.K April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Dictator Erdoğan

@kemalgiris3343 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Memleket ne halde

@LashaRides April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Full support and solidarity to our neighbours from Georgia! 🇬🇪 We've been fighting for the same cause for months now. The plague of authoritarianism and darkness shouldn't be allowed to spread and prevail in our countries! (or anywhere else)

@fehimyurdal6743 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

CHP is the winner of the last election. AKP is the. second party in Turkey

@Göktürkara April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Ekrem imamoğlu ❤

@steliosioannou2800 April 2, 2025 - 3:46 pm

For EU it means nothing, EU will never cooperate with dictator Erdogan who great a country to a land of terrorist corapsion drucks dealers no humans right, he's shows again how dictator Erdogan rules this country by locking in jeill imanoglou becouse he's scare loosing next elections

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