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"The pressures in social media are staggering."

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is warning that the future of democracy in the country is at stake, as a legal crackdown against it intensifies. This month has seen three more city mayors arrested in anti-corruption probes, while half of CHP parliamentary deputies are facing having their legal…

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The operation against the CHP municipalities of Antalya, Adana and Adıyaman came on the heels of investigations that began in Istanbul and then spread to the third biggest city Izmir.

Angry protesters rallied in Istanbul on Tuesday despite a heavy police presence, shouting threats following allegations a satirical magazine published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.

Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office announces investigation after charges of ‘openly insulting religious values’.

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Clashes erupt in Istanbul as police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protestors demonstrating against Turkish magazine

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, an AFP correspondent said.

The two countries continue to trade attacks despite diplomatic efforts to secure an end to the fighting. It’s not clear how many prisoners were traded in this round of exchanges.