Several thousand students gather in the Besiktas district before marching towards Istanbul city hall. The wave of protests triggered by the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has reached a scale not seen since the Gezi protest movement in 2013, which started in Istanbul's Taksim Square. Many young people, who were too young for the demonstrations, refer to it in their placards and slogans. "We want the government to resign, we want our democratic rights, we don't want to give up our acquired rights," says 20-year-old Mali. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES