Turkey's main opposition leader on Sunday pledged further protests against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's chief rival, aiming to sustain Turkey's biggest demonstrations in more than a decade.

Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have taken a new direction with calls for a one-day shopping boycott.

In the few weeks since the jailing of Turkey's opposition heavyweight, Ozgur Ozel has become the face of the biggest protests to sweep the country in more than a decade. With the backing of CHP heavyweight Imamoglu,