Thousands of students chanting angry slogans hit the streets of Istanbul on Tuesday as a court jailed an AFP journalist and six others for covering the biggest protests to hit Turkey in over a decade. The demonstrations erupted after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan's main political rival, in a crackdown that has seen more than 1,400 people arrested, including 11 Turkish journalists. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer reports from Ankara.
#Turkey #Erdogan #protests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KKkr3Ftu2o

You might be seeing images coming out of Turkey with huge protests against Erdoğan.

But who is Erdoğan?

Why, he’s our dear friend in the EU who we pay billions of euros to so he keeps the Brown people away from our shores, of course.

Hey @EUCommission, wanna wave to your BFF? Go on, don’t be shy!

#Ungaria, preocupată de calul făcut cadou lui #Erdoğan.
Mesajul președintelui turc.

https://wp.me/p9KpFA-4gkw

Imamoğlu's prospects.

door Oliver Schopf / Cartoon Movement.

#Turcia arestează zece jurnaliști, inclusiv un fotograf AFP, în timp ce represiunea lui #Erdoğan ia amploare.

https://wp.me/p9KpFA-4gcs

#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

Plus de 10 journalistes arrêtés à leur domicile en Turquie après les manifs contre Erdogan, dont un photographe de l'AFP, rapporte l'association turque de défense des droits humains MLSA. Ces arrestations arbitraires s'ajoutent à un millier d'interpellation en tout, depuis mercredi https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/turquie/direct-manifestations-en-turquie-dix-journalistes-dont-un-photographe-de-l-afp-arretes-a-leur-domicile_7148790.html#xtor=CS2-765-[autres]-

Protests in Turkey. Today's cartoon by Kamal Sharaf. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/search?query=&sort=created&order=desc

Erdoğan seizes geopolitical moment to snuff out democratic opposition

https://www.politico.eu/article/recep-tayyip-erdogan-democracy-turkey-protests-political-rivals/

The Turkish president has chosen to bury the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the secular founder of the Republic of Turkey.


Erdoğan’s political rivals have little doubt this is exactly what the man who would be caliph is aiming to do — ditch the country’s main opposition and shift to full-bore autocracy.

Could not have said it more clearly...

#BBCNews live page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq6yde479gdt
Turkey latest: Huge protests across the country after president's main rival jailed #Imamoglu #Erdogan

Proteste masive în orașele din #Turcia după ce primarul din #Istanbul, opozantul lui #Erdoğan, a fost reținut și demis din funcție.

https://wp.me/p9KpFA-4g7b

#Erdoğan seizes geopolitical moment to snuff out democratic opposition

The Turkish president has chosen to bury the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the secular founder of the Republic of Turkey.

By Jamie Dettmer -opinion editor at POLITICO Europe

https://www.politico.eu/article/recep-tayyip-erdogan-democracy-turkey-protests-political-rivals/

A president after Mr Trumps heart? or not? and does he have one?
These people are literally everywhere and becoming emboldened.

The world needs to stand up against them .Trump praises them.
Democracy is the casualty.

Erdogan possibly felt he can get away with this under the current US regime.

#dictatorships #trump #turkey #humanrights #politics #erdogan

BBC News - Istanbul mayor arrested ahead of selection to run against Erdogan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0egjvj8vdro

Musk honing his anti-democracy credentials again.

https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-protest-civil-unrest-erdogan-imamoglu-istanbul-mayor/

#Erdoğan calcă în picioare opoziția: #Turcia a reținut 343 de persoane după protestele față de arestarea primarului din #Istanbul.

https://wp.me/p9KpFA-4fZF

#türkei #erdogan
300.000 Menschen sind nach Oppositionsangaben in Istanbul auf die Straße gegangen. Sie protestierten gegen die Festnahme İmamoğlus und fordern den Rücktritt Erdoğans. Die Polizei ging nach Angaben von Beobachtern mit Pfefferspray und Gummigeschossen gegen die Demonstrantinnen und Demonstranten vor, in Izmir auch mit Tränengas und Wasserwerfern, 343 Menschen festgenommen.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-03/tuerkei-instanbul-proteste-opposition-ekrem-imamoglu

Is Erdogan using Kurdish peace talks to secure his political future?
#Turkey #Syria #Erdogan #KurdishPeace #PKK #Politics #MiddleEast #HumanRights #Geopolitics #Conflicts #Istanbul #Demonstrations #Politics
https://the-14.com/is-erdogan-using-kurdish-peace-talks-to-secure-his-political-future/

#Turcia nu va fi cedată terorii străzii, spune #Erdoğan pe fondul protestelor.

https://wp.me/p9KpFA-4fSv

Thousands of people protested outside of Istanbul’s city hall for a second night after what they say was the politically driven arrest of the city’s mayor. Read more from @euronews
https://flip.it/wk09xq
#Istanbul #Turkey #Mayor #Erdogan #Protest

In Turkey, one of the prerequisites for running for president is to already be the president.