Saturday, 22 March, 2025 , 13:08 AFP — The massive street protests gripping Turkey may have been triggered by the arrest of Istanbul's popular opposition mayor but they reflect a much broader sense of frustration, observers say.
Saturday, 22 March, 2025 , 10:55 AFP — More than 340 people were arrested following Turkey's biggest street protests in over a decade sparked by the detention of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor, a minister said Saturday.
Saturday, 22 March, 2025 , 09:22 AFP — After his third night in custody, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was to appear before prosecutors Saturday, just hours after hundreds of thousands hit the streets across Turkey in a massive show of defiance.
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 21:03 AFP — Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Istanbul late Friday to protest the arrest of the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, defying a warning from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey would not tolerate "street terrorism".
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 20:20 AFP — Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Istanbul late Friday to protest the arrest of the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, defying a warning from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey would not tolerate "street terrorism".
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 18:13 AFP — The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according to a court ruling published online by a lawyers' association.
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 17:25 AFP — Thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul late Friday in support of its arrested mayor, defying a warning from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that authorities will crack down on "street terror".
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 14:59 AFP — Three weeks after jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militants to disband, Turkey's Kurds were celebrating their Newroz New Year Friday with peace prospects still remote.
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 14:51 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday the Turkish authorities would not be cowed by "street terror" after days of unrest over the arrest of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu.
Friday, 21 March, 2025 , 13:01 AFP — Turkey braced for a third day of protests on Friday, as anger spread across the country over the arrest of Istanbul's popular Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe.
