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,

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. Demonstrations took place in more than a dozen cities including Turkey ...

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

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.

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.