AFP chairman urges 'rapid release' of its journalist detained in Turkey
Mar 26, 2025 - 23:00

Hundreds have been arrested in Turkey over the mass protests drawn by the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Among them, 10 journalists, covering protests. 7 of them were granted conditional release on Tuesday by an IStanbul court, only for the decision to be revised in an "unprecedented" U-turn, on the grounds the journalists may be a flight risk. Antonia Kerrigan has more