President Erdoğan, faces the risk of losing both his chance to run for president and his position as mayor of İstanbul.

Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night to rally against the arrest of ...

Visitors in Istanbul should be careful due to growing tension after Turkish President Erdogan arrested his political rival, the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu.Foreign embassies are alerting visitors ...

"It is utterly dangerous and wrong to mischaracterise the investigations," Turkish Justice Minister Yilzam Tunc said.

The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu on March 19, 2025 along with approximately 106 other municipal officials and ...

"This is a coup against politics and democracy. Now, they will try to seize the municipalities as well. The government’s ...

Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure, was detained by Turkish police, marking a significant ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges ...

Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu early Wednesday as part of a corruption probe, a move his ...

Human Rights Watch Turkey Director Emma Sinclair-Webb condemned the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and others ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party ...