The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu has escalated political tensions in Turkey. DEM Party condemned this situation and called for justice.

The co-chairs of DEM Party described İmamoğlu's detention as a 'political intervention that disregards legal boundaries.' They stated that this is a significant blow to democracy.

Hatimoğulları said, 'What Turkey needs is not police raids at dawn to detain mayors, but more democracy and more law.'

DEM Party demanded the immediate release of İmamoğlu and others detained. They emphasized that such practices harm democracy.

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç defended the detention decisions as legal, stating, 'The decision of the impartial and independent judiciary is binding for everyone.'