Turkey detains journalists as protests over Erdogan rival jailing rock country

Riot police officers clash with protesters during a protest after Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey (Francisco Seco/AP)

Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union reported, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the imprisonment of the mayor of Istanbul and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A court formally arrested mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and ordered him jailed pending a trial on corruption charges on Sunday.