On March 23, the president of Turkey, Erdogan, arrested one of his main political rivals, the current Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, alongside dozens of others. The arrest has sparked a wave of protests that has rocked the country, and with it, police repression, arrests, and mass confusion.

To give us more background and an in-depth look at what's happening in the streets, Aydin is joined by two activists;

Efe Levent, writer and co-founder of Istanbul-based media collective Mangal Media

Kadir Ersoy, a traveler street artist based in Istanbul.

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