It is too soon to tell whether the current wave of popular anger and disillusionment in Turkey will evolve into a coherent movement capable of mounting a credible opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/28/world/inside-turkeys-executive-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #turkey #receptayyiperdogan #ekremimamoglu #istanbul #democracy #humanrights
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected, he was considered a reformer. @dw looks at how he has tightened his grip on power over the past decade.
https://flip.it/BuxCU0
#Turkey #Erdogan #Istanbul #Democracy #Mayor #President
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected, he was considered a reformer. @dw looks at how he has tightened his grip on power over the past decade.
https://flip.it/BuxCU0
#Turkey #Erdogan #Istanbul #Democracy #Mayor #President
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6wk4oI4wTY
1 400+ Arrested in #Turkiye as #Erdogan Jails #Istanbul Mayor & Intensifies #Authoritarian Crackdown
Turkey’s Cappadocia region would be the perfect place to trip on ’shrooms.
Do you like deserts and phalli, but can't afford to attend Burning Man?
#air #antalya #asia #cappadocia #desert #europe #flying #hell #istanbul #kopadokya #mediterranean #power #privacy #reading #realestate #short #turkey #UNESCO
https://www.crosbyreport.com/travel/turkeys-cappadocia-region-would-be-the-perfect-place-to-trip-on-shrooms/?fsp_sid=24
Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing dervish clothes, during a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Umit Bektas, Reuters.
#Turkey detains journalists as protests over Imamoglu's jailing rock the country
> authorities detained several #journalists from their homes, [..] in what it said was a #crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of #Istanbul and top rival to President #Erdogan
> his detention on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street #demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade, deepening concerns over #democracy and the rule of law https://apnews.com/article/turkey-istanbul-mayor-protest-journalists-detained-erdogan-f6e803ab00ce86097aba78b3a94ef061 #Turkiye
Turkey's formal arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, will likely trigger more market turmoil and protests across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/world/politics/turkey-jail-erdogan-rival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #turkey #receptayyiperdogan #ekremimamoglu #istanbul
Încarcerat pentru corupție, primarul #Istanbulului asigură că nu va ceda.
#Turcia. Primarul din #Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, a fost încarcerat în așteptarea procesului pentru corupție și #terorism. Membrii din partidul de opoziție sunt chemați la urne, în cadrul unor alegeri primare, pentru a-l desemna pe Imamoglu drept candidat la
#AlegerilePrezidențiale.
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges in a move likely to stoke more protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/world/crime-legal/istanbul-mayor-jailed-pending-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #turkey #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #receptayyiperdogan