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Hundreds of thousands join Istanbul protest rally

> Waving flags and chanting slogans, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in #Istanbul Saturday calling for democracy to be defended after the arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu which sparked #Turkey’s worst street unrest in over a decade.
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Hundreds of thousands join mass opposition protest in Istanbul

A mass rally organised by the main opposition party in Turkey, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), kicked off in Istanbul on Saturday. While student groups have maintained the momentum with smaller protests ever since city mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on March 19, this is the first major demonstration to take place since Tuesday. France24 [...]

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France 24 · Hundreds of thousands join mass opposition protest in Istanbul

Antidote du jour: "Straßenhunde mischen sich in #Istanbul unter die Protestierenden. Doch warum schlagen sich sogenannte Riot Dogs auf eine Seite?"

Weil sie *soziale Tiere* sind, für die klar ist, wer Stress macht, und wen es zu verteidigen gilt 😍✊🐶
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Eine Person streichelt einen Straßenhund
TAZ Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH · Riot Dogs in der Türkei: Wenn selbst Hunde für den Widerstand bellenStraßenhunde mischen sich in Istanbul unter die Protestierenden. Doch warum schlagen sich sogenannte Riot Dogs auf eine Seite?

Reporters Without Borders #RSF on Tuesday denounced as "scandalous" a Turkish court's decision to formally arrest an #AFP photographer who was detained for covering the mass protests in #Istanbul.

"This is the first time that a clearly-identified journalist has, in the exercise of his duties, been formally arrested on the basis of this law against gatherings and demonstrations," RSF's Erol Onderoglu told AFP following the arrest of photographer Yasin Akgul.

"This scandalous decision reflects a very serious situation in
#Turkey."

Protesters take to streets of Istanbul again over arrest of Erdogan's rival

Students rallied against the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a sixth night on Monday. The detention of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street demonstrations Turkey has seen in more than a decade and deepened concerns over democracy and the rule of law.

france24.com/en/europe/2025032

FRANCE 24 · Protesters take to streets of Istanbul again over arrest of Erdogan's rivalBy FRANCE 24

Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing dervish clothes, during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Umit Bektas, Reuters.

Turkey braces for more protests over Istanbul mayor's arrest

Anger is mounting over the arrest of Istanbul's popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption and terror charges. Seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, Imamoglu was arrested on Wednesday, just days before he was due to be named as the candidate for the main opposition CHP party in the 2028 presidential election.

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RFI · International report - Turkey braces for more protests over Istanbul mayor's arrestBy Dorian Jones

Thread showing protests in other cities than Istanbul, where the opposition claims over half a million people gathered.

Erdogan's cops are cracking down hard on all protests. The crowds outside the Istanbul epicentre are especially brave.

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Bluesky Social · Dr Balki Begum Bayhan (@bbbayh.bsky.social)Scenes from #Ankara on day 4 of the #Turkey protests. Thousands have gone on the streets again today despite the ban on demonstrations and harsh crackdowns.

Turkey arrests hundreds after Istanbul mayor protests

Turkish officials warned there would be "no tolerance for those who seek to violate societal order" amid escalating outrage over the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Deutsche Welle · Turkey arrests hundreds after Istanbul mayor protestsBy Dmytro Hubenko
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@EUCommission

ok #ursulavonderleyen what about this: get every #EU country their own #nuke and neither #Russia nor #China will not touch them

if you do not do that, you just said "i am corrupt and actually don't care about anyone but myself" aka "i will print a lot of #money to finance my friend's #war #business but #security is not my goal" = more useless senseless #death + #destruction

thanks all idiots involved... especially everyone who sabotaged the #peace talks in #ukraine #istanbul #borisjohnson was that you?

PLEASE SEND #borisjohnson AND HIS FAMILY IMMEDIATELY TO #UKRAINE #FRONTLINE! THANKS! (YOU GOD DAMN IDIOT!)