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Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor took a new direction Wednesday as government opponents called for a one-day shopping boycott.
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Turkish police detained 11 people Thursday for supporting a one-day shopping boycott the previous day as part of protests against the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, stat...
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Explained: Why are protests escalating in Turkey after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor?At least 1,133 protesters have been arrested according to Turkey ... and has served as the Istanbul mayor since 2019. The CHP is Turkey's oldest party, founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. İmamoğlu, now 54 years old, dramatically retained his role ...
President Erdogan is calculating he can ride out the upheaval caused by the arrest of his top rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has intensified political tensions, triggering Turkey's largest wave of protests in more than a decade.
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.