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Istanbul Bar Association Board Dismissed Over 'Terror Propaganda'

This is Beirut, 21/03 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Turkey Istanbul Protests Istanbul Bar Association

The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according to a court ruling published online by a lawyers' association. Prosecutors had filed suit on January 15 several weeks after the Istanbul Bar Association demanded an investigation into the ...

Turkey Braces for More Protests Over Istanbul Mayor's Arrest

This is Beirut, 21/03 16:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Istanbul Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu Protests

Turkey braced for a third day of protests on Friday as anger spread across the country over the arrest of Istanbul's popular Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe. Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, was arrested at dawn on Wednesday, just days before he was due to be named the candidate for the main ...

Police in Georgia Arrest Dozens in Clash With Pro-EU Protesters

This is Beirut, 2024-11-29 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

European Union Georgia Protests

Police in Georgia arrested dozens of people overnight and early Friday in a violent crackdown on protests against the government's decision to delay EU membership talks. The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling party declared victory in October parliamentary elections that the pro-EU opposition decried as ...

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