Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest in March triggered mass protests on the streets of Istanbul as hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy ...

Akgul was one of seven journalists arrested in dawn raids. All had been covering the protests sparked by the arrest of the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu – the main political rival of ...

A Swedish journalist arrested on arrival in Istanbul to cover last month's massive street protests goes on trial Wednesday on ...

A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul. Mass demonstrations ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who's Turkey's biggest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appeared in court for the ...

Trials started in İstanbul for 189 people, including students, journalists and lawyers, for their involvement in protests in ...

The BBC correspondent was deported from Turkey this week after covering ongoing mass protests in the country. Mark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor has sparked a movement against Turkey’s authoritarian turn that is using satire to transform ...

(Photo: Protest in Pakistan against India over Pahalgam's attack, Karachi - 29 Apr 2025. REHAN KHAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) ...

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.

One Istanbul University student, who was arrested for taking part in protests in the Saraçhane district of Istanbul and spent 20 days in prison, told BBC Turkish: "I hope they will turn back from ...