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Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into individuals promoting economic boycotts on social and traditional media, following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
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The boycott calls have been led by the opposition CHP's chairman Ozgur Ozel, who has encouraged the street protests that have swollen to the largest in Turkey in more than a decade.
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