In a speech last night at the Istanbul city hall amidst ongoing protests, Turkey’s main opposition leader Özgür Özel announced a list of companies to be boycotted due to alleged ties to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkey has been rocked by protests over the past six days since the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19th. İmamoğlu, a member of Özel’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been widely viewed as Erdoğan’s most viable challenger and was

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