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40 days ago

Turkey says Swedish journalist detained on terror charges and for ‘insulting the president’

Joakim Medin, who works for the Dagens ETC newspaper, was arrested on Thursday when his plane landed

A Swedish journalist who was detained on his arrival in Turkey to cover protests over the jailing …

41 days ago

Turkish opposition rallies in defence of jailed Istanbul mayor in mass protest

Hundreds of thousands gather for Ekrem İmamoğlu outside Istanbul centre in move to keep momentum after clashes with police

Turkey’s main opposition has rallied in defence of the jailed Istanbul mayor,…

42 days ago

Around me in Istanbul there is fear on every face – but I see a resilience that refuses to die | Carolin Würfel

Many turbulent years have taught my friends never to make plans. Yet, even after Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest, they have hope

  • Carolin Würfel is a German writer based in Istanbul

When I first visited Istanbu…

43 days ago

Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe’s new best friend on security

Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty quiet, it seems. Mass prot…

I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life | Orhan Pamuk

The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done yet either

• Orhan Pamuk won the 2006 Nobel prize in …

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