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US expresses ‘concerns’ over arrests, protests in Turkey

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday voiced US "concerns" to Turkey's foreign minister over arrests and large protests in the country, Agence France-Presse...

Turkey’s opposition targets pro-gov’t businesses with boycott

Turkey's main opposition leader on Monday called for a nationwide boycott of businesses and media outlets linked to the ruling party to protest the...

Gezi protests in 2013 are Erdoğan’s nightmare, protesters’ inspiration

With protesters calling for a march on İstanbul's Taksim Square, coffins symbolizing the death of justice and calls for resistance, the recent protests roiling...

Turkey braces for further protests as 7 journalists arrested

Seven journalists detained for covering the mass protests that have gripped Turkey were arrested on Tuesday as the country braced for another day of...

Turkey’s fragile economy braces for fallout from İstanbul mayor’s arrest

The arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s top political rival, has rattled markets and raised fears that political turmoil could...

[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...

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...

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...

In Erdoğan’s Turkey, young protesters demand freedom

“The people governing us are violating our rights,” said Ara Yıldırım, a medical student in İstanbul, as Turkey braces for a fourth day of...

Huge crowds protest in İstanbul as mayor questioned by prosecutors

Huge crowds gathered outside İstanbul City Hall on Saturday for a fourth night of protests over the detention of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who told...

Armenia temporarily opens border gate with Turkey to allow Syria aid

Armenia has temporarily opened the Margara-Alican border crossing with Turkey for 10 days to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, according to...

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