An Istanbul court’s decision on June 19, 2025, to allow the detention of a leading defense lawyer for the jailed Istanbul ...

Ali Nuhoğlu, a businessperson detained last March in a corruption probe against Istanbul municipality and its Mayor Ekrem ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained in the early hours of Wednesday during a raid on his home as part of investigations into alleged corruption and links to a terrorist group. By Sunday ...

Istanbul Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appeared in court today in the case where he is charged with “threatening,” ...

The union's delegation to Turkey did not address the minister but the newspapers that published his statements.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel traveled to Brussels on Thursday, urging European leaders ...

People hold posters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu as they protest outside the Vatan Security Department, where İmamoğlu was taken following his arrest in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 19, 2025 ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and possible presidential candidate for the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was detained on two separate charges in a police ...

Popular opposition politician Ekrem İmamoğlu, a leading rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been formally arrested and removed as mayor of Istanbul after a court on Sunday ...

The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent shockwaves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy. On March 19, police officers — acting on ...

Riot police use pepper spray to clear a protester during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested and sent to prison, 23 March, 2025 AP Photo. The story of the diploma issue.