Umit Bektas/Reuters Supported by By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Turkey has been plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and the ...

The scene resembled the capture of a terrorist, not of the elected mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. The move — four days before my party, the Republican People’s Party, held a ...

Nearly 1,900 people have been arrested so far, officials said. A week-long protest erupted in Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the president’s top political rival.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been running Turkey for 22 years, and has spent much of that time eroding its democracy. His government controls the courts, the security apparatus and almost all the media.

Separately, two journalists who covered the anti-government protests in Istanbul were detained early on Friday, the Journalists' Union of Turkey said. The detention of the journalists came a day ...

ANKARA/BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday that Chery Automobile's partners will invest $1 billion in a manufacturing facility in the country with an annual capacity to produce ...

The inferno at the closed Kervansaray Hotel in Uludag, Bursa province in northwest Turkey turned deadly on Thursday in the second incident of its kind in just two months. The hotel was empty of ...

Concern Rises as New Turkish Media Law Squeezes Dissent New law could see reporters and social media users jailed for spreading what is branded ‘fake news’ Turkey, and specifically Istanbul ...

Thousands of people in Turkey have turned out for a seventh night of protests which have so far seen more than 1,400 people detained, including students, journalists and lawyers. The nightly ...

We list the best eSIMs for Turkey, to make it simple and easy to get the best cell coverage when on holiday in Turkey. eSIMs offer a convenient and flexible solution for travelers, eliminating the ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A protesters holds a flower as stand behind police barrier during a protest after Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem ...