Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in more than a decade.

Turkish authorities say nearly 1,500 people have been detained amid the country’s largest antigovernment protests in more than a decade. Protesters tell RFE/RL they want change.

Police officers use pepper spray on demonstrators as people take part in a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 24,