Turkey protests continue over jailing of President Erdogan rival as journalists arrested

Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union said, calling it a crackdown amid growing protests triggered by the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A court on Sunday formally arrested mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him jailed pending a trial on corruption charges.

His detention on Wednesday sparked the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade, deepening concerns over democracy and the rule of law.

The Disk-Basin-Is union said at least eight reporters and photojournalists were detained in what it called an “attack on press freedoms and the people’s right to learn the truth”.

It called for their immediate release.

A total of 1,133 people have been detained since the mayor was arrested at his home, interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

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