ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor grew on Friday and turned increasingly tense, Turkey's biggest show of civil disobedience in more than a decade after ...

Protests grow in Turkey after main rival to president is jailed pending trial - Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was formally arrested and ordered jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges ...

ISTANBUL — A media union said Turkish authorities arrested several journalists at their homes in a crackdown Monday, amid growing protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, a top rival to ...

University students shout slogans during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Journalists have been arrested in their homes as part of a crackdown on the largest protests Turkey has seen in more than a decade, triggered by the arrest of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s ...

Turkey’s government warned against “illegal” calls from the main opposition for street protests over the detention of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Hundreds of thousands of people have come out for the largely peaceful protests across Turkey in support of the mayor.

As many as 123 police officers were injured in the protests, he said, adding that materials such as acid, firebombs and knives were seized.