Türkiye: Thirty Years of Struggle for Justice as the Saturday Mothers Mark a Sombre Anniversary

Türkiye: Thirty years of struggle for justice as the Saturday Mothers mark a sombre anniversary

Turkish authorities must immediately lift unlawful restrictions on the Saturday Mothers/People’s protest at Istanbul’s Galatasaray Square and allow them to gather there, said Amnesty International on the eve of the protest movement’s 30th anniversary.    Amnesty International will join Saturday Mothers at a panel discussion on 27 May as the group mark three decades of what is one of the world’s longest peaceful protests.   “The Saturday Mothers …

Ekrem İmamoğlu has been in custody for two months. There are several additional waves of investigation and arrest. At the same time, social media channels of opposition politicians and Kurdish media projects are being blocked. During the anti-corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), an arrest warrant was issued against 49 people.The investigations are under the guise of a campaign to dismantle financial and …

Turkey investigates opposition MPs over ‘Free İmamoğlu’ banner on Bosporus Bridge - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation after lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) hung a “Free İmamoğlu” banner on the Bosporus Bridge in İstanbul on Saturday, demanding the release of the city’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish Minute reported. The March 19 detention and subsequent arrest of İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s top political rival and the CHP candidate for the next presidential el…

Turkey investigates opposition MPs over ‘Free İmamoğlu’ banner on Bosporus Bridge - Turkish Minute

Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation after lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) hung a “Free İmamoğlu” banner on the Bosporus Bridge in İstanbul on Saturday, demanding the release of the city’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Bianet news website reported. The March 19 detention and subsequent arrest of İmamoğlu, President Recep Tayyip […]

In the new footage included in the file in the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, it was determined that Ekrem İmamoğlu went to a meeting at a hotel where the cameras were turned off, and that this time, the recording of footage was not prevented during his meeting on September 15, 2024 and March 4. İmamoğlu's security manager Mustafa Akın was asked why the cameras were not turned off in other meetings. It w…

AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about the IMM investigation. Erdoğan said, “The tentacles of the octopus extending from Istanbul to Turkey are being exposed one by one. New corruption by the criminal organization is revealed every day. It is both saddening and thought-provoking that CHP Chairman Özgür Özel acts like a carrier pigeon of the criminal organization instead of acting like the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party.” AKP Pr…