Why Pete Hegseth’s new ‘kafir’ tattoo is causing a stir
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has yet again caused a stir with a tattoo. Images from a military training exercise at ...
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Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested
He beat candidates from Erdogan's party in three previous local elections to hold the mayor's office. Erdogan started his political career as a mayor of Istanbul, a city of 16 million people that ...
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Turkish president Erdogan's main rival Ekrem Imamoglu formally arrested and jailed pending trial
The mayor of Istanbul and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival has been formally arrested and jailed pending trial over corruption charges. Ekrem Imamoglu was originally detained on ...
The Washington Post5d
Turkey turns toward authoritarianism
In his more than two decades leading Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of displaying illiberal tendencies, centralizing power and backsliding on democracy. Last week ...
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Erdogan accuses the opposition of wrecking Turkey’s economy during protests over mayor’s jailing
The opposition has called for a boycott of companies that it says support Erdogan’s government. The Turkish president accused the opposition of being “so desperate that they would throw the ...
Bloomberg L.P.5d
Erdogan Bets World Will Turn a Blind Eye to Turmoil in Turkey
When Turkey jailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest rival at the weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets. Notably less vocal were the country’s Western allies. The Turkish president ...
The Independent5d
Journalists arrested in Turkey as protests grow over jailing of president’s main rival
His arrest has been widely interpreted as a political attempt to remove a major challenger to Mr Erdogan ahead of the 2028 presidential election, causing Turkey’s stock market to suffer its ...
LBC5d
More than 1,000 arrested as protests continue to sweep Istanbul after Erdogan rival detained on corruption charges
It follows the arrest and detention of President Erdogan's main rival Ekrem Imamoglu - the mayor of Istanbul. He was detained on Wednesday and formally arrested and jailed pending trial over ...
Seattle Times5d
Erdogan was emboldened to jail Istanbul mayor by global turmoil, analysts say
As mayor of the economic and cultural capital of Turkey with a population of 16 million, Imamoglu is probably Turkey’s second-highest profile politician after Erdogan. However, analysts say a ...
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Turkey's President Erdogan criticises opposition party after mass protests over his main rival's arrest
Speaking in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said the Republican People's Party (CHP) was responsible for any property damage and harm to police officers. He said the party would ...
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Turkey detains journalists as protests over the jailing of key Erdogan rival rock the country
The mayor's imprisonment is widely regarded as a political move to remove a major challenger to Erdogan from the next presidential race, currently scheduled for 2028. Government officials strongly ...