Hundreds arrested as Turkey protesters defy crackdown

by Fulya OZERKAN and Hazel WARD

Almost 1,500 people have been detained -- including an AFP photographer -- as tens of thousands continued protests in Istanbul Tuesday after the arrest of the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The biggest protests in Turkey in over a decade erupted last week following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption charges, a move opposition supporters see as a blatant violation of the rule of law.

Authorities have...