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After years of political stasis and economic decline, young people in Turkey feel newly empowered to push back against the ...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor — the main challenger ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Many Turkish anti-government protesters said they were bracing for a long-term standoff after six nights of action and scattered clashes with police over the jailing of Istanbul's ...
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 ...
It started out as a small protest against plans by then prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to demolish Gezi Park -- a small green space next to Taksim Square. The move triggered mass protests in ...
Protesters, opposition parties, European leaders and rights groups have called the detention of Imamoglu, Erdogan's main rival, a politicised and anti-democratic move. The gatherings are banned but ...
Turkey's main opposition leader on Sunday pledged further protests against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President ...
Hundreds took to the streets of Berlin on Sunday (April 13) to protest “autocracy in Turkey,” according to police, condemning ...
Many of those who've met Imamoglu's call for peaceful protests have been university students and young people carrying Turkish flags and banners with defiant slogans denouncing Erdogan and the ...
A new generation of young Turks is at the forefront of mass protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s government, demanding ...
The recent arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and main rival of President Erdoğan has sparked the largest protests in Turkey in a decade, with over 1,100 people detained in ...