A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor of insulting and threatening a public official.

The Turkish government is taking action against those it accuses of depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a cartoon in a satirical magazine. Turkey's president called the cartoon a "vile provocation" and ...

March 22 (UPI) --Turkish police arrested at least 343 people during the overnight hours Friday and Saturday for participating in mass protests in several cities in Turkey.The arrest of opposition ...

Riot police officers use pepper spray to clear a protester during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 23, 2025.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor — the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — took a new direction ...

People gather to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 20, 2025. Credit: AP/Khalil Hamra ...

Four staff at the satirical Turkish magazine LeMan have been arrested after being accused of inciting public hatred with a controversial cartoon.

In countries struggling against a drift toward autocracy, the tone of pro-democracy protests is usually hostile, even rude. Not so in Turkey these days.

But in Turkey, the government is making attempts to ban the student protests using the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext. Police used teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the protesters.

Turkey university protests not over despite rector's dismissal. By Daren Butler and Ali Kucukgocmen. July 16, 2021 7:27 PM UTC Updated July 16, 2021 Item 1 of 5 Students gather ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A media union said Turkish authorities arrested several journalists at their homes in a crackdown Monday, amid growing protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, a top ...