With protesters calling to march on Istanbul's Taksim Square, coffins symbolising the death of justice, and calls for ...

the recent protests roiling Turkiye have reawakened the Turkish president's worst nightmare: the Gezi Park movement a little more than a decade ago. It started out as a small protest against plans by ...

Nerves in Turkey are once again under high tension. Yesterday, police detained Ekrem Imamoglu, the popular mayor and opponent ...

A new generation of young Turks is at the forefront of mass protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s government, demanding change in a country they see as increasingly authoritarian. Demonstrations ...

The protests were originally against a controversial construction project in Istanbul's Gezi Park. However, following a violent police crackdown on the protesters, they quickly grew into ...

Kavala has faced various charges, including espionage, financing the Gezi Park protests and involvement in a failed coup against Erdogan's government in 2016. He has been in prison since November ...

When a sit-in at Gezi Park in Istanbul was broken up by police in June 2013, more than 3 million people joined the protests against the violent eviction. But a brutal government crackdown ensued.

Unlike older generations who remember the heavy crackdown on the 2013 anti-government Gezi Park protests, today’s young protesters say they are undeterred by the risks. Sign up here.