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'Justice will be served': Hundreds of thousands protest in Turkey over jailing of Erdogan rival

Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival.

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Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested

More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the arrest of his rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

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Turkey’s protests over the arrest of an Erdogan rival take a new angle: Boycott shopping

Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have taken a new direction with calls for a one-day shopping boycott.

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11 Detained in Turkey Over Calls for a Shopping Boycott to Support Istanbul's Imprisoned Mayor

Turkish state-run media says police have detained 11 people for supporting a one-day shopping boycott that was held to protest the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival

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Eleven detained in Turkey over shopping boycott calls to support jailed mayor

Included in those detained was actor Cem Yigit Uzumoglu, who played Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in the Netflix docuseries Rise of Empires: Ottoman.

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Turkish Police Detain 11 Over Anti-Government Protests Following Imamoglu Detention

Turkish police have detained 11 individuals as part of an investigation into social media calls for an economic boycott, following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, state media reported on Thursday.

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'Don't speak, don't film': Journalist arrests fuel fears for democracy after Turkey protests

All had been covering the protests sparked by the arrest of the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu – the main political rival of Turkey's long-time leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The protesters say the mayor's arrest over corruption charges,

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Turkey makes 11 arrests over shopping-boycott campaign in support of Istanbul’s imprisoned mayor

Turkish police have detained 11 people for supporting a shopping boycott as part of protests against the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival.

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Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor’s detention, interior ministry says

Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Turkey criticized for detaining journalists amid protests over arrest of Istanbul's mayor, a key Erdogan rival

Turkish authorities detained and deported BBC correspondent Mark Lowen and arrested other journalists amid the largest nationwide protests in a decade.

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Protests against Istanbul mayor's arrest morph into one-day shopping boycott

Ekrem İmamoğlu faces corruption and terrorism charges that critics say are politically motivated but the government insists the judiciary is independent and free of political interference. View on eur

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Why Turkey’s Pro-Democracy Protests Probably Won’t Succeed

President Erdogan is calculating he can ride out the upheaval caused by the arrest of his top rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

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Rock band Muse postpones Turkey show after promoter criticises protests

British rock bank Muse said on Wednesday it postponed a planned show in Istanbul later this year so that it would no longer involve a Turkish concert promoter whose head criticised recent anti-government protests.

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Turkey fines Meta for refusing to restrict Facebook, Instagram over Imamoglu protests

Unlike X, which has suspended social media accounts at the request of the Turkish government, Meta says it has faced heavy fines in Turkey for refusing to do so.