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X blocks access to popular independent news website in Turkey over protest coverage

Social media platform X has blocked access to Bianet, one of the few remaining independent news outlets in Turkey, based on a request from...

[OPINION] İmamoğlu’s arrest signals Turkey’s metamorphosis into a Russian-style autocracy

Ömer Murat* The grounds for the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, as stated by numerous local and international experts, bear no relation to the...

EU urges Turkey to ‘uphold democratic values’after mayor’s arrest

The European Commission on Monday urged Turkey to "uphold democratic values" as both a member of the Council of Europe and an EU candidate...

Prosecutors launch investigation of Ankara Municipality over concert payments

Amid ongoing protests over the arrest of İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the opposition-run Ankara Municipality over...

Students boycott classes, fill streets in protest of İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Thousands of university students across Turkey have begun boycotting classes, protesting the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and what they call an erosion...

Turkish police detain 10 journalists in home raids over protest coverage

Turkish police on Monday detained 10 journalists in early morning home raids for covering days-long violent protests in İstanbul and other cities against the...

Turkey detains more than 1,100 in protests over mayor’s arrest

Police have detained more than 1,100 people, officials said Monday -- including journalists -- since the detention and subsequent arrest of President Recep Tayyip...

15 mn vote for newly deposed İstanbul mayor in opposition primary: City Hall

Some 15 million people voted in Sunday's symbolic primary organized by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in a mass show of support...

Turkish gov’t wants more than 700 X accounts blocked: platform

Turkey's authorities, faced with a mass opposition movement following the detention of the opposition mayor of İstanbul, have called for the closure of more...

Protesters rally as defiant İmamoğlu jailed in graft probe

İstanbul's embattled Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to fight on despite being suspended from office and jailed on Sunday, in developments that have sparked Turkey's...

İstanbul’s jailed mayor: What we know

A court on Sunday ordered the jailing of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and several co-defendants on corruption charges, sparking outrage from Turkey’s main opposition...

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu defiant after suspension from office and arrest

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu vowed to continue his political fight after being jailed in a corruption investigation and suspended from office Sunday, developments that...

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