ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor grew on Friday and turned increasingly tense, Turkey's biggest show of civil disobedience in more than a decade after ...

Defying the ban on gatherings, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across cities around Turkey over the weekend against Mr Imamoglu's arrest. Addressing vast crowds of protesters who ...

Turkey said on Thursday it rejected "prejudiced" foreign statements over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and protests it triggered, following the detention of nearly 1,900 people since the ...

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Dozens of people including journalists have appeared before a court in Istanbul, accused of attending banned demonstrations ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union said Monday, calling it a crackdown amid growing protests triggered by the jailing of ...

Journalists have been arrested in their homes as part of a crackdown on the largest protests Turkey has seen in more than a decade, triggered by the arrest of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ...

Riot police officers clash with protesters during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco ...

Turkey Detains Journalists as Protests Grow Over the Jailing of Key Erdogan Rival ISTANBUL (AP) — A media union said Turkish authorities arrested several journalists at their homes in a ...