Imamolgu in Turkey’s largest cities. Many thousands of people gathered in front of City Hall in Istanbul carrying Turkish flags and hand written placards making fun of Mr. Erdogan or calling for ...

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they hung banners of Imamoglu and the nation’s founding leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk alongside Turkish flags. “They hastily detained our mayor, whom we elected with our votes,” said Ali Izar ...

Istanbul streets flooded after Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest. Imamoglu, a key opposition figure, faces charges of corruption, fraud, and links to the PKK. Large crowds protested his arrest ...

During his inauguration speech at the National Assembly of Azerbaijan in February 2024, President Ilham Aliyev emphasized that “our family is the Turkic world and this is where we feel ourselves well.

Patrick’s Day Parade over the weekend when two white pickup trucks were spotted flying Confederate flags, drawing swift condemnation from the local community. Video footage, captured by parade ...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad on April 22, 2024. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/The Associated Press) "Turkey is going through a coup against the ...