Turks were outraged a week ago after hearing that an Istanbul court sentenced Canan Kaftancioglu — the chairwoman of the Istanbul branch of the main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) — to some nine years in prison for tweets she shared seven years ago criticizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government.
She was considered the mastermind behind Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s stunning victory against Erdogan’s candidate in the rerun elections on June 23.