Turkey's commitment to pursuing EU membership ... reportedly for their role in covering the protests. BBC News Turkish is one of the BBC’s oldest languages services, broadcasting since 1939.

Why are people protesting in Turkey? Turkey protests are about far more than fate of Istanbul's mayor Erdogan: Turkey's all-powerful leader of 20 years Who is Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu?

fierce clashes saw protesters fired upon with tear gas and rubber bullets The head of Turkey's main opposition party has told the BBC that protests will continue "in every city" until either early ...

the BBC has said. Lowen had been in Turkey for several days to report on the ongoing protests that were sparked by the Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest last week. Imamoglu - who is being ...

The authorities later said – after the BBC reported the ... or so – since the protests began on 19 March - around 2,000 people have been detained, according to Turkey's interior ministry.

Speaking from Ankara, Turkey's capital, Erdogan called for the protests to end and said that ... one woman told the BBC: "There is nothing left to lose." Another, a 25-year-old woman who attended ...

They have since extended this order to Ankara and the western coastal city of Izmir as protests have spread, with tens of thousands gathering across Turkey. Ahead of Friday's protests, Istanbul's ...

The arrest operation is the fifth after Turkey jailed Istanbul's mayor and leading opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu.

Erdogan has led Turkey for 22 years, and been president for the past 11, but cannot run again without changing the rules.