Turkey, Erdogan and protests

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Turkey’s protests over the arrest of an Erdogan rival take a new angle: Boycott shopping
Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have taken a new direction with calls for a one-day shopping boycott.
'Justice will be served': Hundreds of thousands protest in Turkey over jailing of Erdogan rival
Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival.
Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested
More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the arrest of his rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Rock band Muse postpones Turkey show

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Rock band Muse postpones Turkey show after promoter criticises protests
British rock bank Muse said on Wednesday it postponed a planned show in Istanbul later this year so that it would no longer involve a Turkish concert promoter whose head criticised recent anti-government protests.
Rock band Muse postpone Istanbul show over promoter comments about anti-government protests
Turkish fans had urged the rock band to cancel the show as thousands of citizens protest the recent arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
Muse cancel show in Istanbul after call for boycott of concert promoter who called Turkey protests 'treason'
Muse cancel show in Istanbul after call for boycott of concert promoter who called Turkey protests 'treason' - It comes after DBL Entertainment promoter Abdulkadir Ozkan called protests against Presid
In warning to Turkey, Israel hits strategic targets in Syria amid rising tensions
Israel targets Syrian airbases to warn Turkey against interference, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces protests ...
Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor’s detention, interior ministry says
Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul ...
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Turkey fines Meta for refusing to restrict Facebook, Instagram over Imamoglu protests
Unlike X, which has suspended social media accounts at the request of the Turkish government, Meta says it has faced heavy ...
Turkey criticized for detaining journalists amid protests over arrest of Istanbul's mayor, a key Erdogan rival
Turkish authorities detained and deported BBC correspondent Mark Lowen​ and arrested other journalists amid the largest ...
AP PHOTOS: Thousands take to the streets in Turkey in a week of protests
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. For seven consecutive days, protests have erupted across various Turkish ...
Old video of petrol bombs resurfaces in posts about March 2025 Turkey protests
After large-scale protests erupted in Turkey over the arrest of a prominent opposition politician, social media users ...
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Why Turkey’s Pro-Democracy Protests Probably Won’t Succeed
President Erdogan is calculating he can ride out the upheaval caused by the arrest of his top rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ...
Turkey detains journalists as protests over Erdogan rival’s jailing intensify
His detention on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade and deepened .
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Turkey: Rough at Home, Essential on the Global Stage
President Erdogan’s arrest of his main domestic political rival elicited little international criticism. That is because ...