Prosecutors in Turkey have begun investigations into people promoting financial boycott in social and traditional media, following the arrest of Mayor of Constantinople, Ekrem Imoglou.

The Office of the Prosecutor Constantinople said in a statement on Tuesday that he is investigating calls that allegedly targeting a portion of the public from economic activity, citing possible violations of “laws against hate speech and the provocation of public hostility”.

Earlier, the leader of the largest Turkish opposition party today called on citizens to a “day without purchases” on Wednesday, in protest of the detention of students who demonstrated in favor of the prisoner of Constantinople.

“Stop all markets! Supermarkets, online, restaurants, fuel, coffee, bills, don’t buy anything, “Ozgur Ozel, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), said in a post on the X platform.

“I call the whole world to use its consumer power by participating in this boycott,” he added.

The same appeal was made earlier and student associations.

A total of 301 students were detained after the protest movement broke out after the arrest of the popular Mayor Ekrem Imoglou on March 19.

Ozel had also asked his supporters to boycott dozens of companies that are considered close to the government in order to put pressure on her.

Imamoglou is accused of corruption, which he denies. The Turkish authorities, who banned rallies in Constantinople, Ankara and Smyrna, reported last Thursday that 1,879 people had been arrested until that day, charged with illegal demonstrations.