Thousands arrested as Turkey protesters defy crackdown

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains defiant, denouncing the rallies as ‘street terror’ as unrest spreads.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2025/03/26/thousands-arrested-as-turkey-protesters-defy-crackdown/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #FMTWorld #Turkey #Protests #RecepTayyipErdogan #EkremImamoglu

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00:00Almost 1,500 people have been detained as tens of thousands continued protests in the

00:10Turkish capital.

00:13This surge in civil unrest followed the arrest of the main political rival of President Recep

00:19Tayyip Erdogan.

00:23These are the biggest protests Turkey has seen in more than a decade, triggered by the

00:27arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption charges.

00:36Opposition supporters view the arrest as a blatant violation of the rule of law.

00:46Authorities have hit back with a crackdown that has alarmed rights groups, with seven

00:51journalists who covered the protests remanded in custody by an Istanbul court on Tuesday.

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