The arrest and removal from office of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu last week has caused consternation in Turkey . Tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets on a daily basis to ...

More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X ...

More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X, Yerlikaya ...

(Istanbul, March 24, 2025) – The formal order by an Istanbul court to detain Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is the latest example of the justice system weaponized to remove a leading opposition ...

Meanwhile, Elon Musk is under fire for blocking accounts of opposition figures in Turkey on his social media platform X.

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure, on corruption charges. His detention has sparked large-scale protests, raising concerns ...

The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, touted as the biggest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, caused widespread protests across Turkey, including clashes with police forces in Istanbul.

The mayor of Istanbul has been charged with criminal acts and stripped of his duties in a government crackdown that has sparked heavy clashes with Turkish riot police. Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention ...

Istanbul’s embattled Ekrem Imamoglu was officially nominated as a presidential candidate by the opposition CHP party for the 2028 elections, a party spokesman told AFP on Monday. The Republican ...

ISTANBUL (AP) -- A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.

Supporters of Turkey's Republican People's Partygather in Ankara to protest against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Tunahan Turhan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa ...

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests ...