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#TurkeyProtests

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Hundreds of thousands rally against dictatorship, demanding presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu to be released from prison. More than 2 million people on the streets of İstanbul. #turkeyprotests and none of the national tv channels making a live broadcast.

"Protesters gathered for a mass rally in Istanbul on Saturday at the call of Turkey's main opposition CHP over the jailing of city mayor and top party figure Ekrem Imamoglu whose arrest has sparked the country's biggest street demonstrations in over a decade."

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france24.com/en/live-news/2025

FRANCE 24 · Crowds flock to Istanbul streets in mass rally over Ekrem Imamoglu arrestBy FRANCE 24

Waarom laat Europa Erdogan zijn gang gaan? ‘Als we niets doen, wordt hij een tweede Poetin’ | de Volkskrant

volkskrant.nl/buitenland/waaro

De onzekere geopolitieke situatie heeft Erdogan prima ingeschat. En daarom doet Erdogan dat nu, op dit moment.

Overigens heeft Erdogan al eerder laten blijken dat externe meningen hem volledig worst zijn.

De vraag is echter of hij met de volkswoede gerekend heeft die niet zomaar gaat liggen lijkt het. De tijd zal het leren.

de Volkskrant · Waarom laat Europa Erdogan zijn gang gaan? ‘Als we niets doen, wordt hij een tweede Poetin’De Europese reacties op de arrestatie van de burgemeester van Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu waren opmerkelijk tam. De reden is duidelijk: Europa kan het zich strategisch niet veroorloven om Erdogan tegen de haren in te strijken. En de democratische waarden dan?

BBC correspondent Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being arrested in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Lowen had been in Turkey for several days to report on the ongoing protests that were sparked by the Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest last week.

Mark Lowen said: "To be detained and deported from the country where I previously lived for five years and for which I have such affection has been extremely distressing. Press freedom and impartial reporting are fundamental to any democracy."

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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly34r

BBC News · BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey - BBC NewsMark Lowen was covering the protests in Istanbul when he was arrested and later deported back to the UK, the BBC has said.

"After 22 years of power grabs, the seizure of all state institutions and severe oppression aimed at reshaping Turkish citizens into Islamofascist minions, Turkey is striking back against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarianism.
In cities across the country, including the regime’s strongholds, protests have been ongoing for the past week."

Ece Temelkuran,
Turkish Journalist.

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theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · In Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leaderBy Ece Temelkuran