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Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey

Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests
A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul. Mass demonstrations began on 19 March after Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu - a key rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - was detained on corruption charges, which he denies.
Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey over protests sparked by mayor's arrest
Students and journalists stand trial in Turkey over protests sparked by mayor's arrest - Dozens of people including journalists have appeared before a court in Istanbul, accused of attending banned de
Trials start for 189 arrested for protesting the government in Turkey
Trials started in İstanbul for 189 people, including students, journalists and lawyers, for their involvement in protests in March against the Turkish government spurred on by the arrest of the city's mayor.
Turkey begins mass trials following protests over Istanbul mayor’s detention
Turkey started hastily organized mass trials on Friday to prosecute some of the hundreds of people who took part in the widespread demonstrations over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the major rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Trial opens for students, journalists over Istanbul protests
A trial of nearly 200 people, among them students and journalists, arrested over Turkey's biggest protests in more than a decade opened in Istanbul on Friday.
Two Turkish journalists detained as protests over İmamoğlu's arrest continue
Two journalists have been detained in Istanbul in the latest arrest of media workers covering Turkey's largest protests in more than a decade, their outlets said. Elif Bayburt, who works for the ...
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Turkey criticized for detaining journalists amid protests over arrest of Istanbul's mayor, a key Erdogan rival
Press freedom groups have criticized Turkey for detaining journalists ... amid nationwide protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul's mayor. Turkish authorities detained and deported BBC ...
The Independent27d
Nine journalists detained after covering protests against Turkish mayor’s arrest
The move has ignited the largest protests Turkey has seen in over a decade ... staff photographer is among the detained journalists, the union said in a post on X. The prosecutor’s office ...
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Two journalists covering protests detained by anti-terror police
Police operations targeting journalists covering th recent protests in Turkey have continued with the detention of two more reporters in morning raids today. Nisa Sude Demirel, a reporter for the ...
Los Angeles Times26d
Turkey detains journalists as protests grow over the jailing of key Erdogan rival
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union said Monday, calling it a crackdown amid growing protests triggered by the jailing of ...
CBS News26d
Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested
Turkey has detained over 1,100 people — including 10 journalists reportedly arrested Monday morning — since mass protests were sparked on March 19 by the arrest of Istanbul's popular Mayor ...