1 week agoPolice intervened with pressurized water and pepper gas against citizens protesting the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu in Izmir
1 week agoThe Turkish Public Prosecutor's Office has begun investigating Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and 78 other detainees on terrorism and corruption charges, amid a tense atmosphere and mass demonstrations and protests across Turkey against his arrest, European and international condemnation, and demands for fair judicial procedures.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the recent protests, accusing the Republican People's Party (CHP) of ignoring corruption issues and inciting the street, and stressing that his government would not be distracted by the opposition's "theatrics."
1 week agoCitizens are being pepper sprayed from close range in Saraçhane
1 week agoÖzgür Özel called out from Saraçhane: "Nobody should expect CHP to be in halls, buildings or politics. From now on, we will be in the streets and squares"
1 week agoThe people of Kadıköy in Istanbul have started to carry the action they started from the windows to the streets. Hundreds of citizens started to march on Bahariye Street. Participation is increasing every moment, and intense support is also given from the balconies.
1 week agoThousands protest the detention of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the small city of Edremit, Turkey
1 week agoPolice use tear gas against protestors in Ankara, Turkey. This is the second day of nationwide protests after the detention of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu
Turkish Foreign Minister: It is possible to contribute to a peacekeeping force if an agreement is reached to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
2 week agoStudents who broke through the police barricades continue their protest at Dokuz Eylül University
2 week agoThe march started from the front of Istanbul University Tradesmen's Cafeteria towards Beyazıt Square
Turkish Interior Minister: 37 people arrested for publishing "provocative posts inciting crime and hatred" after the arrest of Istanbul's mayor
Turkey seized the construction company co-owned by detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office said
Hakan Fidan spoke on the phone with Hamas Political Bureau Member Halil Hayye
2 week agoMarchers from many parts of Şişli met at Darülaceze Street. Torches were lit in front of the Nazım Hikmet Culture and Art House and the march continued from there to Şişli Municipality.
2 week agoA group of students, including METU students, marched in Ankara to protest İmamoğlu. The students, who were stopped by the police on the road, chanted slogans such as "Justice, law, rights"
2 week agoIn Ankara, the police attacked people gathered on Mevlana Boulevard with tear gas. The people booed and said, "Shoot them, shoot them, shoot them, shoot them, take off your helmet, drop your baton, let's see who the young man is." The police were asked, "We will leave an honorable future for our children. What about you"
2 week agoThose who went to Saraçhane have now returned to Vatan Police Station. It is getting more crowded every minute. Police are warning
2 week agoAnkara: Police attacked the crowd pressing the barricades with pepper gas
2 week agoHundreds of thousands of people are currently taking to the streets in Istanbul, Turkey, to protest the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan's main political opponent and Istanbul Mayor, by Turkish police
2 week agoTrabzon: March continues in the Square with slogans "The day will come when the tide will turn, AKP will be held accountable to the people"
2 week agoThousands of people in Güvenpark against the detention of İmamoğlu and dozens of people: "Today, thousands of people are in Güvenpark, in the capital of Ankara."
2 week agoDespite trying to ban protests for 4 days after police in Turkey have arrested the mayor of Istanbul and Erdogan's presidential rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, student protesters at Istanbul University are out protesting
Protesters gathered near Istanbul's main police headquarters have said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was a blow to Turkish democracy
Protests near Istanbul police headquarters over mayor's detention
Protest in Antalya in support of Ekrem İmamoğlu is joined by a number of trade unions, associations, and parties across the pro-democracy political spectrum. CHP Provincial Chairman Nail Kamacı: "This is clearly a civil coup attempt."
Spontaneous protests against the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu are reportedly springing up across Istanbul, including in metro stations
Following the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, exchange rates rose in the morning hours.
Göksu Bayraktaroğlu, who served as Murat Ongun's Private Secretary for 5 years and later worked as Project Development Coordinator at Şişli Municipality, was also detained within the scope of the investigation carried out against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
Turkish media reported that detention orders had been issued for around 100 other individuals connected to Imamoglu, including Istanbul district mayors, politicians, and prominent dissident journalist Ismail Saymaz.
