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Istanbul district mayor, 47 officials detained over corruption allegations in widening crackdown
September 13, 2025 4:20 pm
More than a dozen mayors from the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, and hundreds of municipal officials have been arrested in recent months for alleged corruption, including Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Facing government crackdown on dissent, Turkiye's protesters put aside their differences
April 06, 2025 6:32 pm
Fueled by outrage over Imamoglu's arrest, people are united by a sense that the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has grown increasingly authoritarian, diminishing the secular and democratic values and laws that the country was built upon.
Turkish police detain 217 May Day protesters in Istanbul, minister says
May 02, 2024 1:25 am
President Tayyip Erdogan said on the eve of May Day that the annual protests would not be allowed to take place on Taksim Square, which was cordoned off by police.
Ankara calls student protesters 'LGBT perverts' amid artwork controversy
February 04, 2021 4:19 pm
Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork.
One dead in Istanbul as anti-government protests flare
May 23, 2014 12:04 pm
Violence erupted when police fired live ammunition as well as tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters.
Istanbul protests: Turkey PM tells supporters to 'go home'
June 07, 2013 9:45 am
The unrest,fuelled by anger against Erdogan's growing authoritarianism,has claimed 3 lives.
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