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...
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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...
Turkey hotel fire: questions mount over safety measures at resort after 76 die
Survivors say they did not hear any alarms when fire broke out, as harrowing accounts emerge of attempts to escape Turkish authorities are facing mounting...
Dozens dead as people jump from windows to escape fire at Turkish ski resort hotel
Witnesses say people used bed sheets or jumped to try to get out of the 12-storey Grand Kartal hotel after fire broke out early in...
Fury in Turkey as animal lovers and politicians attack ‘massacre law’ to deal with 4m stray dogs
A new bill forcing local authorities to remove homeless animals from city streets has led to a furious backlash Next to the network of the...
American-Turkish woman shot dead at anti-settler protest in West Bank
Witnesses say Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was fired at by Israel Defense Forces soldiers positioned in nearby field An American-Turkish dual national has been shot...
Two US soldiers assaulted by nationalist youth group in Turkey, authorities say
Fifteen suspected assailants, members of the Turkey Youth Union, were detained after attack in port city of Izmir Two US military service members were “physically...
Brawl erupts in Turkish parliament during debate – video
Dozens of politicians became embroiled in a brawl in Turkey’s parliament on Friday as they argued over a jailed opposition deputy who was stripped of...
