Turkish opposition leader criticises Starmer for ignoring arrest of Istanbul mayor
Leader of Turkey’s largest opposition party has hit out at the PM for failing to condemn attacks on a ‘sister party’ The leader of Turkey’s...
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Olympic skier Berkin Usta dies aged 24 in fire at winter resort hotel
Olympian and his father Yahya die in blaze in closed hotel in Turkey Berkin raced slalom and giant slalom at 2022 Beijing Winter Games The...
‘It’s disinformation’: Turkish state TV avoids any coverage of mass street protests
News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networks At the same time as the sound of...
More than 1,100 detained in Turkey amid huge demonstrations over mayor’s arrest – Europe live
Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul with unrest likely to continue over treatment of presidential challenger to Erdoğan The Danish national police force said it...
Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials An Istanbul court has formally arrested the...
Turkey’s protests over Istanbul mayor grow into ‘fight about democracy’
Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan When demonstrators gathered at Istanbul’s city hall last week in...
Crowds defy public protests ban after Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu detained – video
Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Turkey, as thousands took to the streets over what they call the undemocratic detention of Istanbul’s...
Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination
Ekrem İmamoğlu of CHP opposition party detained alongside 100 others accused of corruption and links to terror groups Turkish police have arrested the mayor of...
Global celebrations and protests mark International Women’s Day
From Istanbul and Warsaw to Athens and Madrid, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violence Women took to the streets of cities across...
Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them Bulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring...
