İmamoğlu's lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained overnight and released by evening with a travel ban, while İmamoğlu called for a rally in Maltepe through a handwritten note from detention. An indictment was swiftly prepared against 74 protesters, seeking prison sentences for participating in "unauthorized demonstrations."
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was reported missing in Istanbul in the morning and confirmed detained by evening, while the Interior Ministry announced 53 more protesters were arrested. İmamoğlu wrote to The New York Times that Erdoğan "turned to the judiciary" after failing to defeat him electorally.
President Erdoğan labeled opposition leader Özel a "mandacı" (seeking foreign mandate) during a Milli İrade İftarı speech, while MHP leader Bahçeli stated "law is supreme in Turkey," implicitly supporting the İmamoğlu detention. The US expressed concern about "instability" in Turkey, as Ramazan Bayram holiday traffic intensified with toll roads made free until Wednesday.