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.

Foreign investors offloaded Turkish government bonds at a record pace in the final week of March, deepening the selloff in local markets triggered by the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top opposition figure,