The tens of thousands who have taken to Turkey’s streets over the last week are not all supporters of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They are outraged because they believe that the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor is a tipping point, with the country sliding from authoritarian democracy to outright autocracy.
Authorities have now arrested more than 1,400 protesters, including numerous photojournalists. They are clamping down on coverage of a movement that Mr Erdoğan describes as “evil”, but which is driven by anger at cumulative political repression and the parlous state of the economy.
