FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with reporters on his plane while flying from Suriname en route to Miami, Florida, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool/File photo
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he expressed concern to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan over protests and detentions in Turkey following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul.
Sunday's arrest of President Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival, pending trial for graft, sparked the largest anti-government protests in a decade, prompting mass arrests nationwide.
