Hundreds of thousands of people came out in Istanbul on March 29th to demand the release of Turkey’s best-known recent political prisoner, Ekrem Imamoglu. The country’s news media rose to the challenge: the state broadcaster offered tips for prospective home owners.

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

A Turkish public prosecutor is seeking three-year jail terms for seven journalists arrested while covering protests against the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Protests have been mostly peaceful but nearly 2,000 people have been detained. The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), other opposition parties, rights groups and some Western powers have all said the case against Imamoglu is a politicized ...

As the wave of unlawful arrests and detentions launched by the government to suppress mass protests continues, videos and testimonies of brutal police violence and torture are emerging.

The arrest of an opposition presidential candidate last month has triggered the largest anti-government protests Turkey has seen in more than a decade, uniting demonstrators from different walks of li

More than two million supporters of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu took to the city's streets in protest demanding his release after being arrested on corruption charges.

Today's rally, organised by Turkey's main opposition party, the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), follows 10 days of protests in Istanbul and other Turkish cities. Mr Imamoglu was detained ...

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.

Protests have erupted across the country, with massive rallies taking place in at least 55 of the 81 provinces, despite the government’s concerted attempts to outlaw them. The fact that demonstrations are happening on such a wide scale in a country where media freedom is destroyed,