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Yahoo
3 days ago
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- Yahoo
Turkey arrests dozens including opposition party members
Turkish authorities have ordered the arrests of dozens of people facing corruption allegations, including opposition party members, in Istanbul and the city of Adana. The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for 47 people and detained 30. Others detained included local municipal mayors and Istanbul officials. The operation is the fifth wave of arrests against the government's political opponents, starting with the jailing of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, regarded as President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in March. Turkey's government has rejected claims of political interference, insisting the judiciary is independent. Imamoglu sent a letter from prison to an opposition rally on Saturday, saying: "It is time to say "enough is enough" to this unjust and unlawful order." "Now you are taking our district mayors with fictitious excuses. What will you do? Where will you stop? Are you going to throw 16 million Istanbulites in jail one by one?" he said in the letter. Imamoglu is part of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who have been leading in many polls against Erdogan's Justice and Development Party. He was jailed over charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group. He has denied all charges. His arrest triggered mass protests and arrests across Turkey. The Istanbul prosecutor's office has said 819 people arrested in protests will be tried in 20 criminal investigations. Some 110 people were arrested in the first four waves of arrests under corruption allegations. The fifth wave on Saturday consisted of four different operations in two cities. Municipal mayors, CHP party members and city officials were among those arrested. CHP Party Assembly member Baki Aydöner wrote on X that he was in Ankara for a party meeting when his wife called and told him that the house was searched and there was a detention order against him. He said he was going to Istanbul. The UN's human rights office said in March it was "very concerned" at the mass arrests, with Amnesty International at the time calling the detentions "draconian actions". Who is Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu? Erdogan's main rival in Turkey makes first court appearance since arrest Hundreds arrested in crackdown on May Day protests in Istanbul
BBC News
3 days ago
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- BBC News
Turkey arrests dozens including opposition party members
Turkish authorities have ordered the arrests of dozens of people under corruption allegations, including opposition party members, in Istanbul and the city of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for 47 people and detained 30. Others detained included local municipal mayors and Istanbul operation is the fifth wave of arrests against the government's political opponents, starting with the jailing of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, regarded as President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in government has rejected claims of political interference, insisting the judiciary is independent. Imamoglu sent a letter from prison to an opposition rally on Saturday, saying: "It is time to say "enough is enough" to this unjust and unlawful order.""Now you are taking our district mayors with fictitious excuses. What will you do? Where will you stop? Are you going to throw 16 million Istanbulites in jail one by one?" he said in the is part of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who have been leading in many polls against Erdogan's Justice and Development Party. He was jailed over charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group. He has denied all arrest triggered mass protests and arrests across Turkey. The Istanbul prosecutor's office has said 819 people arrested in protests will be tried in 20 criminal 110 people were arrested in the first four waves of arrests under corruption fifth wave on Saturday consisted of four different operations in two cities. Municipal mayors, CHP party members and city officials were among those Party Assembly member Baki Aydöner wrote on X that he was in Ankara for a party meeting when his wife called and told him that the house was searched and there was a detention order against him. He said he was going to UN's human rights office said in March it was "very concerned" at the mass arrests, with Amnesty International at the time calling the detentions "draconian actions".
Reuters
3 days ago
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- Reuters
Turkish authorities order detention of dozens of opposition officials in widening crackdown
ANKARA, May 31 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities ordered the detention of several opposition party members in Istanbul and raided opposition-run municipalities on Saturday, state media said, part of a widening legal crackdown against the opposition and city's jailed mayor. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is also President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and leads him in some polls, was jailed in March pending trial over charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group, all of which he denies. The arrest of the mayor, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), triggered mass protests, economic turmoil, and broad accusations of government influence over the judiciary and anti-democratic applications. The government denies this and says the judiciary is independent. Since Imamoglu's arrest, authorities have detained dozens of CHP members, officials from the Istanbul municipality, and other CHP-run municipalities. Access to Imamoglu's X account was also blocked in Turkey this month. On Saturday, the state-owned Anadolu news agency and private broadcaster NTV reported that detention warrants had been issued for 47 people in four separate graft investigations, with 28 of those being detained. Among those detained was former CHP lawmaker Aykut Erdogdu, the mayors of several districts in Istanbul, senior staff at the Istanbul municipality or institutions tied to it, and the mayors of two districts in the southern province of Adana, according to Anadolu. It said police also searched the buildings of the Avcilar, Buyukcekmece, Gaziosmanpasa, Seydan, and Ceyhan municipalities, whose mayors were ordered detained as part of the probe. In response to the new wave of detentions, the CHP called an emergency meeting in Istanbul, NTV reported. Some Western countries, rights groups and the CHP have said repeatedly that the operations are anti-democratic and aimed at quashing the opposition's electoral prospects. Imamoglu and his CHP have said there is no concrete evidence against him. Opinion polls show that popular support for Imamoglu has risen since his arrest, extending his lead over Erdogan and reinforcing the view that he would be Erdogan's main rival in the next presidential election, not due until 2028.
Condé Nast Traveler
17-05-2025
- General
- Condé Nast Traveler
In London, the Many Lives of Turkish Food
In a new series, Place at the Table, we look at diasporic enclaves around the world through their cuisines—and the people who, in trying to recreate a taste of home, have forged exciting food scenes that invite others in. Take a walk along Green Lanes, a seemingly nondescript stretch of main road that slices through northeast London, and the scent of smoky charcoal soon becomes intoxicating. It unfurls from within the many ocakbaşıs (grill houses) and kebab shops that occupy the street's small, brightly lit store fronts, where hulks of meat spin majestically on skewers and freshly-made pide is methodically slid in and out of ovens. This strip may look like a disorderly milieu of takeout spots best intended to serve late night drinkers. But any Londoner well versed in their city's cultural fabric knows that the burning of the mangal grills here is a piece of living, edible, history—and one linked to decades of Turkish and Kurdish migration to the capital. I first experienced this side of London at age 13, on New Year's Eve—an evening marked by the rich flavors of a lamb kebab my parents ordered and a rambunctious waiter who drank so much that he attempted to lift a table up with his teeth. We still talk about that waiter to this day, but otherwise nothing felt remarkable about being another Turkish-British family in London, bidding farewell to one year and optimistically raising our glasses to the next. My father is originally from Adana in the south, and like many children of a diaspora, it's taken me a long time to develop a curiosity about the side of myself I didn't feel rooted in. On recent visits to Istanbul, I've begun connecting the city's modern identity with that of my own, but time and distance from London have allowed me to see that cultural touchstones were never far from home. The Turkish community in London extends far beyond Green Lanes, too, down into Dalston—and now, a breadth of new flavors have emerged, thanks to a proliferation of contemporary Turkish restaurants in recent years. Cull yaw köfte with grilled apple sauce, sourdough pide, and grilled chickpea hummus at Mangal II. Edvinas Bruzas Chef Ferhat Dirik has been running family-owned Mangal II in Dalston since 2021. Edvinas Bruzas Ferhat Dirik, who runs Mangal II in Dalston, is another second-generation immigrant who has only recently begun forging a path to understand his own heritage—although his journey has been more pre-determined than mine. The son of Ali Dirik, a chef who moved from Anatolia in the 1980s and opened Mangal Ocakbaşı (named after the traditional charcoal cooking method) followed by Mangal II in 1994, Ferhat took over the operations of the latter in 2021 and began to enmesh himself with Turkish cuisine in a deeper way. 'For years I had traveled everywhere but Turkey,' he says. 'Maybe it was an age thing, maybe it was an identity thing. Then, of course, I learned that Istanbul is the best city in the world, and there are many Turks there who share the same values and ideals as Londoners. The more I realized that, the more connected I felt.' In a storyline that could have been ripped straight from The Bear, he and his chef brother, Sertaç, took on the challenge of reinventing a family-run restaurant cherished by locals for its consistency (artists Gilbert & George famously had dinner there every night, only switching to the original, now named Mangal 1, after the brothers 'installed a music system') and set out to create a more refined menu that reflected the new era of Turkish cuisine they were witnessing on their travels to Istanbul and other parts of the country. The menu still retains plenty of familiarity (pickles and smoked hummus in a pool of olive oil; red pepper dolma and yogurt) but tradition is now served with a pinch of innovation: cured mackerel, caught in British waters, is doused with peppery Anatolian flavors; mutton koftë sits atop grilled apple; cornish chicken is stuffed with garlic and Aleppo-spiced sausage. Mangal 1 introduced Turkish charcoal grilling techniques to much of London in the 1980s. Edvinas Bruzas Meat sizzles on the grill at Mangal 1 Edvinas Bruzas 'I think the Turkish population is increasingly open to displaying aspects of our cuisine that go beyond [kebabs]—which is a great thing when done right—because there is a lot more to Turkish culture,' says Ferhat. After decades of Turkish restaurants not being granted the same weight as other more Euro-centric counterparts—often considered more of a cheap eat than an elevated dining experience—Ferhat says, there is less of a need to prove their worth. Perhaps, in part, because the British palate has become more open-minded. 'It's an exciting moment for Turkish cuisine because the perception is changing,' he says. 'We no longer have to sell ourselves short by charging less to be hospitable and accommodating, which is part of our culture and our dignity, but also expected of us. You don't see Spanish restaurants offering free bread or free wine. We have to remain confident in our cuisine.'
Al Bawaba
11-05-2025
- Al Bawaba
Shocking video: teacher attacks students with special needs in Adana, Turkey
ALBAWABA - A clip went viral on social media, causing rage and fury among the Turkish community, showing a group of teachers violently treating children with special needs in Adana city, southern Turkey. Also Read What's the current health condition of abused Syrian girl? A video circulated online from Adana captured the moment a special education teacher, known as BNT, used violence against students with special needs at a primary school in the city. However, it is worth noting that the teacher BNT was first suspended from her job following the footage and later on, she was arrested by the police for further investigations. 🔺 Adana'da bir Özel Eğitim Okulu öğretmeni, özel gereksinimli çocuklara şiddet uyguladı. Öğretmen hakkında Millî Eğitim Müdürlüğü tarafından soruşturma başlatıldı. — Mahmut özay (@Mahmut__ozay) May 9, 2025 BNT was working as a teacher at Mustafa Kemal Primary School in the Yeşilyurt Neighborhood of the central Seyhan district, local Turkish media reported. Turkey's Ministry of Family and Social Services released a statement on X regarding the incident against students with special needs, saying: "Once the incident was reported to the police, our provincial directorate teams took immediate action." Statement by the Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Services regarding the violence against students with special needs in Adana city. (X) It added: "A psychosocial support process has been initiated for children exposed to violence and their families." The ministry added that it will intervene in the case and follow the process meticulously to ensure that the perpetrator receives the necessary punishment.
