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A Swedish journalist who was detained on his arrival in Turkey to cover protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor has been arrested on terror-related charges and insulting the president ...
Erik Larsson, who heads Reporters Without Borders in Sweden, criticized Medin’s arrest. “This is an assault not only on Joakim Medin, but on all of us. We have the right to know what is going on in ...
This weekend's massive protests in Istanbul weren't triggered solely by the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Poverty, autocracy and Turkey's ongoing economic crisis have sparked growing discontent.
Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order, a federal judge in Massachusetts said on Friday. Rumeysa ...
A huge crowd of protesters gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for a mass demonstration against the arrest of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu. İmamoğlu was arrested last week on corruption charges and ...
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been arrested in Turkey on charges of "membership of an armed terrorist organisation" and "insulting the president." Andreas Gustavsson, editor-in-chief of ...
Turkey's main opposition party rallied on the outskirts of Istanbul on Saturday, calling for the release of the city's imprisoned mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. The Republican People's Party (CHP) and its ...
Demonstrators flooded Istanbul's streets, heeding the call of Turkey's main opposition CHP party. The mass protests, ongoing since top CHP figure Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, are among the biggest ...
By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul Turkey’s largest opposition party is organizing rallies, urging boycotts of pro-government businesses and standing by its presidential ...
Ocalan’s unprecedented statement on February 27 urging the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm and disband raised hopes among Turkey’s Kurdish citizens that Turkish President Recep ...