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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken Turkey closer to autocracy with the arrest of the elected mayor of Istanbul, but the scale of the ensuing protests could yet shake his grip, analysts say.

Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in more than a decade

A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, in a crackdown that has now seen more than 1,400 people arrested.

Anger over the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu has spilled over into the fiercest protests to grip Turkey in over a decade.

Turkey’s main opposition party calls for boycott of ‘pro-Erdogan’ media, brands, and stores

Authorities accused of attacking ‘people’s right to learn the truth’ as president Erdogan seeks to paint protests as ‘movement of violence’

Istanbul mayor has become the only politician capable of challenging Erdoğan at the ballot box

There is currently no obstacle for İmamoğlu, who was announced as the CHP's presidential candidate, to be elected despite his arrest.

Despite the crackdown, opposition activists promise to ‘not back down’, urging more people to take to streets.