'Then, the phone rang': BBC's Mark Lowen on being deported from Turkey
At 9.30pm, I was moved to the foreigners' custody unit of the Istanbul police. There, the atmosphere hardened from a ...
BBC statement on detention and deportation of Mark Lowen
This morning (27 March) the Turkish authorities deported BBC News correspondent Mark Lowen from Istanbul, having taken him ...
Turkey arrests jailed opposition leader Imamoglu's lawyer
Turkey has arrested the lawyer for jailed political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in what Imamoglu ...
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Turkïye: RSF condemns the expulsion of BBC journalist Mark Lowen, accused of being a “threat to public order”
On 27 March, the Turkish authorities expelled British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist Mark Lowen, accusing him of ...
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Turkey says deported BBC journalist lacked press accreditation
Mark Lowen was deported from Turkey, where he was reporting on the recent protests. The Communications Directorate says the ...
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'Then, the phone rang': BBC's Mark Lowen on being deported from Turkey
I had just sent my family a message saying how happy I was to be back in Turkey, where I used to live, and how it felt like coming home. Then, the phone in my hotel room rang. "We have an urgent ...
BBC's Mark Lowen describes 17-hour detention in Turkey
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Ryan Gosling's 'insanely ambitious' 'Project Hail Mary' debuts first look
Ryan Gosling goes to space and meets an alien in "Project Hail Mary." The actor gave the CinemaCon audience a first look at ...
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Protesters return to Istanbul's streets for huge rally
That includes BBC correspondent Mark Lowen who was deported after the state claimed he lacked the correct press accreditation. Erdogan has claimed the protests amount to "street terrorism", and ...