College college students sit at Galata bridge throughout a protest after Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and despatched to jail, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photograph/Huseyin Aldemir)
ISTANBUL — A media union stated Turkish authorities arrested a number of journalists at their houses in a crackdown Monday, amid rising protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, a prime rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A court docket on Sunday formally arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him jailed pending a trial on corruption expenses.
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