Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested at his home on corruption and terrorism charges. He was growing in popularity and ...

On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – saw his bachelor’s degree revoked by Istanbul University. A day later, İmamoğlu was ...

The mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained after prosecutors accused him of corruption and terrorism. The opposition said the ...

Turkish police have detained the strongest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move that experts say is aimed at ...

Authorities have also taken measures to prevent potential protests, such as closing roads and banning demonstrations for four days. Access to a number of social media platforms was throttled.

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.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had boasted jokingly that he was the only person to have beaten ...

He was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a ...

A federal jury has convicted two men for their involvement in the fatal smuggling scheme that led to the deaths of 53 ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, a popular opposition leader, marks a dramatic escalation in a government crackdown.