More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had boasted jokingly that he was the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in three local elections ANKARA, Turkey ...

The head of Turkey’s main opposition party has visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive ...

China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Manila, which disputes some of ...

Who is Ekrem Imamoglu? Mr. Imamoglu became the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and economic engine, in 2019, after defeating a candidate backed by Mr. Erdogan. He was re-elected twice ...

“Imamoglu is extremely popular,” Somer said adding that Imamoglu has been particularly skilled at drawing support, even from traditionally pro-Erdogan camps.

Critics say the arrest of Istanbul's mayor is part of a mounting crackdown by Turkey's president to silence all dissent.

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.Mayor Ekrem ...

Political opposition leader and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was in Turkish police custody Wednesday after he was arrested days before being chosen as the presidential candidate for the Republican ...

After Turkey's President Erdogan arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, stocks and the national currency have plummeted. Erdogan is now desperately trying to calm the market turmoil. https://p.dw ...

Mr. Imamoglu was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019. He wrote from Silivri Prison, outside the city. Early in the morning on March 19, dozens of armed police officers showed up at my door with a ...