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.

Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to three years for each of the 139 individuals. They also requested the ...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye’s Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government’s ...

Turkey's state-run news agency says judicial officials have rejected an appeal seeking the release of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ...

Tens of thousands of people across Turkey have been protesting against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - the main ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ... Last Sunday, hours after he had been formally arrested, Mayor Imamoglu won a symbolic primary to be the CHP's candidate in a presidential election currently ...

Once again, Turkey faces political turmoil. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was detained on March 19 and then formally arrested on March 23.

It includes supporters of popular Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, and young people who see ... have been detained since the protests began. Around 300 were formally arrested on charges including ...

Turkey is cracking down on large protests triggered by the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul Mayor and rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

On Sunday, he was formally arrested pending trial on corruption charges. Some 100 others connected to the mayor were also detained, including elected Istanbul district mayors Resul Emrah Sahan and ...

Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure and a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained on March 19 and ...