Turkey, Istanbul and Ekrem Imamoglu
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Turkish police detained 11 people on Thursday for supporting a shopping boycott as part of protests against the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, state-run media reported.
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Turkish police detained 11 people Thursday for supporting a one-day shopping boycott the previous day as part of protests against the imprisonment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, stat...
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bne IntelliNews on MSNFitch keeps eye on Turkey’s reserves to assess impact of Imamoglu unrestBy Akin Nazli in Belgrade The trajectory of Turkey's international reserves and macroeconomic policy settings will be key in assessing any sovereign credit implications of the recent political events in the country,
Unlike X, which has suspended social media accounts at the request of the Turkish government, Meta says it has faced heavy fines in Turkey for refusing to do so.
Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence earlier this week, sparking the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade. It also deepened concerns, among Turks and outside Turkey,
Turkey has arrested the lawyer for jailed political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in what Imamoglu Thursday called a legal coup against democracy.
A protester waves Turkey's national flag before riot police as protesters flash the grey-wolf salute during a demonstration outside Istanbul's city hall to support Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following ...
The Istanbul mayor was temporarily suspended from his duties after his formal arrest by an Istanbul court on Sunday.
Still, the March 19 arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu—widely seen as Erdogan’s chief rival and the opposition CHP’s likely candidate in the 2028 presidential race—shocked even seasoned observers. The charges, widely viewed as politically motivated, triggered mass protests, arrests, a media crackdown, and a ban on public gatherings.
Accusations against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, detained in Turkey for alleged "terrorism", are "false," his wife, Sofie Axelsson, told AFP on Sunday.