Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in more than a decade.

Istanbul's opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, broadcaster NTV said, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over graft charges that he and his supporters deny and call politicised.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition political parties for provoking a "movement of violence", as protests in the country continue for a sixth night. Unrest began in Istanbul last Wednesday when the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu,