"We're living in a dictatorship," said Kuzey, an Istanbul shopkeeper after police detained the city's popular opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption allegations.

"I am furious," admitted Zeynep Kara, 68, saying the reason for Imamoglu's arrest was "obvious" -- to stop him from running -- with the charges of corruption a mere "pretext" to justify it.

The bill would have allowed judges to ratchet down some misdemeanor offenses to violations, meaning no jail time.

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Ronald dela Rosa’s disappointment over National Security Adviser Eduardo Año’s reported role in Duterte’s arrest ... there was no point in harboring anger against the Marcos administration ...

For a long time I considered it mere words. How could that be possible ... according to one, a month’s arrest, banishment to the country, or an isolation-cell where one is fed on white rolls ...