Turkey braces for further protests as 7 journalists arrested

Seven journalists detained for covering the mass protests that have gripped Turkey were arrested on Tuesday as the country braced for another day of...

İmamoğlu joins list of jailed opponents of President Erdoğan

İstanbul’s now-deposed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fall afoul of the...

Protesters fill streets in Turkey, defying crackdown

Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of İstanbul on Tuesday after a week of the biggest protests to hit Turkey in over a...

Turkish court rules on 2022 mine disaster, sparking outrage among victims’ families 

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced multiple defendants in connection with a 2022 mining disaster that killed 42 miners, ruling that they acted with...

Turkish authorities launch investigation into education union following academic boycott call

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim Sen) for allegedly “publicly inciting the...

UN ‘very concerned’ at widespread detentions in Turkey, urges investigation

The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at Turkey’s use of mass detentions amid countrywide demonstrations over the arrest of İstanbul’s popular opposition mayor, urging...

Prosecutors seek arrest of 206 people in İstanbul over protests

Turkish prosecutors have requested the pretrial detention of 206 people including protestors, journalists and others taken into custody in İstanbul since the detention and...

Turkey detains more than 1,100 in protests over mayor’s arrest

Police have detained more than 1,100 people, officials said Monday — including journalists — since the detention and subsequent arrest of President Recep Tayyip...

28 under investigation for illegal slogans, banners at Newroz event in İstanbul

An investigation was launched and criminal complaints filed following a large Newroz celebration on Sunday in İstanbul, where hundreds of thousands gathered in the...

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu defiant after suspension from office and arrest

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to continue his political fight after being jailed in a corruption investigation and suspended from office Sunday, developments that...
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