section_path: Protests/24 March
section_name: 24 March
paragraph_text: 24 March
  
  Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya claimed that some of the arrested protesters were identified as having ties with terrorist organizations, and others had criminal records. Yerlikaya announced that 123 police officers were injured during the protests, with fireworks. He wrote, "Terrorizing our streets and threatening the peace and security of our nation will absolutely not be tolerated". X stated that it is objecting to multiple court orders from Turkish authorities to block over 700 anti-government accounts, including news organizations, journalists and politicians in Turkey.
  
  President Erdoğan, after speaking at a cabinet meeting in Ankara, said that the CHP is responsible for every property damage and harm to police officers. He also said that the protesters had turned into a "movement of violence". The Turkish opposition called for a boycott of companies owned by holdings close to the government and TV channels that censored images of the mobilizations.
  
  Videos surfaced on social media was claimed that protesters climbing on top of the Şehzade Mosque and drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes, others were seen urinating on the walls of the mosque and littering the courtyard. Vandals had desecrated the graveyard by breaking tombstones.