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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition parties for provoking a "movement of violence" as protests in the country continued for a sixth night. Unrest began in Istanbul last ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses opposition politicians in Turkey of "disturbing the peace of our citizens with provocations" after a week of protests Unrest began on Wednesday when Istanbul ...
Role, BBC News 26 March 2025 Thousands of people in Turkey have turned out for a seventh night of protests which have so far seen more than 1,400 people detained, including students, journalists ...
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A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul. Mass demonstrations began on 19 March after Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu - a key rival ...
Turkey claims to be a functioning democracy - and at face value, it is. There are elections. Voter turnout is usually high - Turks cherish their right to go to the polls and cast their ballots.
More than 1,000 people have been detained in Turkey during 5 days of protests about the arrest of President Erdogan's main rival, the mayor of Istanbul.
Protests started off relatively small in scale for a city with more than 16 million people. But they have since spread to dozens of other cities across Turkey and are now on a level not seen for ...