Turkish authorities detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – on Wednesday as part of corruption and terrorism investigations. Detention orders ...

(Istanbul, March 19, 2025) – The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, 2025, along with approximately 106 other municipal officials and politicians is a politically motivated ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor on corruption charges has stoked worries that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more authoritarian in seeking to sideline a top rival. The police used ...

The opposition said the arrest was politically motivated. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul Turkey arrested the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on ...

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 ...

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 ...

İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı'nın, İstanbul Barosu yöneticilerine açtığı davada Baro Başkanı İbrahim Özden Kaboğlu ve yönetim kurulunun görevlerine son verildi. Kararın ...

Six of the CHP's 27 municipal mayors in greater Istanbul are now under arrest - a year after municipal elections in which opposition parties handed Erdogan's AK Party its worst ever electoral defeat.

ISTANBUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Protesters near Istanbul's main police headquarters on Wednesday said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and the city's mayor Ekrem ...

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Turkey for a fourth night yesterday to protest against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor. Ekrem Imamoglu – a key challenger to Turkish ...

At his Istanbul restaurant, chef Fatih Tutak creates an elevated dining experience embodying the cultural heritage and geography of his home country. Fatih Tutak has trained in some of the world's ...