On 19 March 2025, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested by the Turkish police. İmamoğlu is the presidential primary candidate for the Republican People’s Party, which is the opposition party for the ruling AKP party. The arrest of İmamoğlu sparked widespread protests across Turkey. The Turkish government cracked down on the protests in various ways, including by applying censorship on social media. A few days after the arrest, the government ordered X to restrict access to various X accounts that are associated with the protests. X announced that it had filed an individual application with Turkey’s Constitutional Court challenging local