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Three years on, families still mourn relatives drowned in Channel


Thursday, 27 March, 2025 , 14:48 AFP Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021.

Defying fear, Turkey's youth turn out to protest


Tuesday, 25 March, 2025 , 19:34 AFP Wearing a black mask hiding everything but her eyes, and a lemon-yellow university jumper, Nisa has come out to "defend democracy" in Turkey which she sees as "in danger".

Imamoglu latest jailed opponent of Turkey's Erdogan


Tuesday, 25 March, 2025 , 15:06 AFP Istanbul's now-deposed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to fall foul of the judicial authorities in what campaigners see as an intensifying pattern of repression.

Erdogan exploits West's blind eye to Turkey crackdown: analysts


Tuesday, 25 March, 2025 , 12:50 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of Europe's unwillingness to antagonise its NATO ally at a time of international uncertainty and American disengagement as he presses on with a crackdown in the wake of the arrest of a political rival.

Istanbul's jailed mayor: what we know


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 21:18 AFP On Sunday, a court ordered Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and several dozen co-defendants jailed on charges of "corruption".

In Turkey, a vote of confidence for Istanbul's embattled ex-mayor


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 21:10 AFP "We won't give in to despair," insisted 38-year-old Aslihan, referring to the massive protests sweeping across Turkey since the arrest of Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

In Turkey, a vote of confidence for Istanbul's embattled ex-mayor


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 18:20 AFP "We won't give in to despair," insisted 38-year-old Aslihan, referring to the massive protests sweeping across Turkey since the arrest of Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

CORRECTED: Istanbul's jailed mayor: what we know


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 15:58 AFP On Sunday, a court ordered Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and several dozen co-defendants jailed on charges of "corruption".

Imamoglu: Istanbul's newly-deposed mayor and Erdogan's biggest rival


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 15:40 AFP Turkish opposition champion Ekrem Imamoglu has become the face of a nationwide protest movement that erupted with his arrest, triggering the worst unrest in over a decade.

Istanbul's jailed mayor: what we know


Sunday, 23 March, 2025 , 15:21 AFP On Sunday, a court ordered Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and several dozen co-defendants jailed on charges of "corruption".