Another Erdoğan-coup.

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"We came for action, not just a demo" in Ankara while some anti-coup protesters were leaving, ~10min ago

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Anti-coup protests in Turkey now also live-covered on Public Service TV of Sweden.
It's got commentary in Swedish of course, so probably most will prefer other livestreams but...
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/protesterna-i-turkiet-svt-nyheter-sander-live
...there it is.

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At İstanbul Saraçhane anti-coup protest, a call for not just the increasing university strikes, but also others to follow in general strike.

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Pro-coup cops used water cannon, pepper balls and battery against the people of Eskişehir, W Turkey, in defense of Erdoğan's coup:

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Pro-coup cops used blanket pepper spray against people at Saraçhane, İstanbul against people who wanted to go to the traditional protest location Taksim Square.

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New livestream, cops assault the anti-coup protesters at İstanbul Courthouse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfzyuxMGK_c

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Anti-coup protest livestream from İzmir, W Turkey, with the usual ridiculously huge and aggressive pro-coup cop presence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXx96FSI0I

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Another anti-coup protest livestream from Ankara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7in_-x9nc

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Another livestream from İzmir, W Turkey, following the pro-coup cops marauding the people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcQzIiFLkM

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Anti-coup protesters in İzmir, W Turkey, were going to the dictatorship AK Party's local HQ, so the police follows and are being violent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDsfci8tbcw

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More pepper spray, pepper balls and general brutality by the pro-coup cops at the Aqueduct of Valens in İstanbul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjIwhInyX-I

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"İstanbul governor restricts entries to city, extends demonstration ban as protests continue"
https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-governor-restricts-entries-to-city-extends-demonstration-ban-as-protests-continue-305741

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President of CHP, the party the Mayor whose arrest ignited the anti-coup protests belong to, tells the anti-coup protesters that they are a million united, that they've won back the streets and squares.

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A view of the heavy repression against anti-coup protesters in Ankara, using pepper spray and water cannons:

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Pro-coup cops also violently repressing protest against Erdoğan's coup in Turkey-held part of Cyprus:

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Latest summary updates from the worldwide news agencies on Erdoğan's current coup to eliminate the probable foremost opposition candidate in the upcoming election.
Reuters (currently just 1 sentence): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-court-jails-istanbul-mayor-pending-trial-2025-03-23/
AP a bit more: https://apnews.com/article/turkey-mayor-jailed-istanbul-f962743f724f00a318f84ffaed7f58de
AFP, a proper article: https://news.yahoo.com/erdogans-turkey-young-protesters-want-183745378.html

As background, again the five years old long article on the politicized courts system under Erdoğan where judges giving undesired rulings are just replaced until the regime's desired outcome is achieved, as "terrorism"-charges are habitually used against entirely electoral politicians to have them removed and imprisoned de facto for being elected while from "wrong" party:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-judges-specialreport/special-report-how-turkeys-courts-turned-on-erdogans-foes-idUSKBN22G17N/?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29

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The second largest opposition party in Turkey's electoral system, the anti-racist DEM Party "have strongly condemned the decision to formally arrest Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu" of the largest opposition party, CHP.
https://medyanews.net/formal-arrest-of-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-political-coup-say-dem-party-co-chairs/

Also, the jailed "Mayor of Istanbul releases message on social media" https://medyanews.net/imprisoned-mayor-of-istanbul-releases-message-on-social-media/ among other things declaring that "We will eliminate this coup [...]".

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Erdoğan's coup continues...
Mayor of "İstanbul's İmamoğlu, two district mayors suspended from office" by Interior Ministry announcement
https://bianet.org/haber/istanbuls-imamoglu-two-district-mayors-suspended-from-office-305760
AFP: https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/middleeastnews/845067/turkish-interior-ministry-says-suspends-imamoglu-as-istanbul-mayor/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss

Note that this follows about a decade of the same pattern in primarily the southeast, deposing the elected for being opposition to Erdoğan's AKP and ally fascist MHP, to then replace them with "trustees" appointed by the governor which in turn was appointed by Erdoğan's decree.

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Governorship of Ankara, which includes Turkey's capital city, reportedly suspended bus and metro/subway to the Middle East Technical University, where much of the protests against Erdoğan's current coup have been taking place.
The Governor is... surprise: of Erdoğan's AK Party.

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Turkey's State censorship agency RTÜK warns that they may revoke licenses of opposition news-media, as coverage of protests against Erdoğan's current coup continues.
https://medyanews.net/turkish-press-regulator-threatens-opposition-media-outlets-with-closure-amid-protests/