Editorial: La Vanguardia

• Turkey is witnessing the most significant protest in 12 years against the government and President Erdogan, following the pretrial detention of opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu.
• Erdogan's regime uses repression, violence and mass detention to silence dissent, while threatening and sanctioning journalists and media outlets.
• Peaceful protests against Erdogan signify growing public discontent, not limited to economic grievances.
• Erdogan seeks a constitutional change to pursue another term.
• Opposition leader Imamoglu has been accused of corruption, extortion, and association with terrorists, in an attempt to remove him from the political scene.
• Erdogan, controlling state resources, aims to shift from a competitive authoritarianism to a total autocracy.

Conclusion: Erdogan's current maneuvers are positioned to extend his hold on power. However, increasing public discontent and protests in support of Imamoglu could represent the beginning of the end of his authoritarian and Islamist nationalist regime.

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