A Turkish court has sentenced a far-right politician to more than two years in prison for incident public hatred and ...

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is currently facing four criminal cases, one of which has resulted in conviction.

Istanbul's jailed mayor has appeared in court charged with threatening the city's public prosecutor. Ekrem Imamoglu — the ...

Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the leading opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court ...

Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his lawyers have boycotted a court hearing, claiming a late change of venue was “unlawful.” ...

Turkish authorities say they have suspended five elected mayors from duty, as the country’s opposition faces an ongoing ...

Turkish authorities have escalated their crackdown on the opposition-run Istanbul municipality over alleged corruption charges, detaining 30 people.

His predicament is entirely of his own making: in the early hours of March 19, Erdogan orchestrated a raid on the home of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s popular mayor, deploying some 200 police officers.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the most prominent rival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court Friday to deny the charge that he made threats against the chief prosecutor of ...

CHP leader Ozgur Ozel speaks during a mass protest rally in support of arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 29, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkiye [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] Published On 6 Apr ...

Since the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife Dilek has been center stage at nightly protests, fighting for her husband and the survival of the Turkish ...

The protests were sparked when Mr Imamoglu, the current mayor of Istanbul, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption. On Sunday, as he received CHP’s official nomination to run for ...