Turkey: 10 journalists arrested in anti-Erdogan protests

Ten Turkish journalists have been arrested and opposition social media accounts have been suspended in continuing mass protests in Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

According to Middle East Eye on March 24th, ten journalists who had been covering the protests were arrested, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul. 

Protests have erupted across 55 of the 81 Turkish provinces, after Imamoglu’s arrest on March 19th, with at least 1,133 detained according to human right groups.

Middle East Eye