More than 10,000 join opposition rally in Istanbul

At least 10,000 people joined an opposition rally at Istanbul City Hall on Tuesday on the 100th day since the city’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed in what critics say was a politically motivated graft probe.

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The rally came hours after police rounded up more than 120 people linked to City Hall in Izmir, an opposition stronghold and Turkey's third city, in the latest move targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s opponents.

The early-morning arrests were part of a probe into alleged graft, and followed similar lines to the March 19 operation in opposition-run Istanbul when hundreds were arrested, including Mr Imamoglu, Mr Erdogan’s main political rival.

Mr Imamoglu’s removal sparked a wave of mass protests with hundreds of thousands rallying outside City Hall, also known as Sarachane, at the urging of the main opposition CHP which also called Tuesday's protest.