Umit Bektas/Reuters Supported by By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Turkey has been plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and the ...

Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing ...

Hundreds of people protested outside an Istanbul courthouse Saturday, calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, as Turkey entered its fourth day of civil unrest. Violent clashes ...

The recent arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and main rival of President Erdoğan has sparked the largest protests in Turkey in a decade, with over 1,100 people detained in ...

By Ben Hubbard Ben Hubbard covers Turkey and the surrounding region. For more than four decades, Turkey has been fighting an armed insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a ...

Turkey’s opposition leader accused Erdogan of “trying to drift Turkey to an unlawful pathway.” Speaking to CNN’s Bianna Golodryga on Monday, CHP leader Özgür Özel said those protesting ...

Imamoglu has denied the charges against him and critics say the arrest represents a dangerous turning point for Turkey which, after years of slow-burn authoritarianism, risks becoming a full-blown ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, two days ...

CROWDS OF PROTESTERS streamed onto the square outside Istanbul’s city hall on March 23rd to support their mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish opposition’s star politician. Nearly 15m voters had ...

Jailing of Istanbul mayor prompts biggest protests in a decade Opposition targets TV broadcasters, advertisers, media owners Accuses pro-government media of ignoring the protests Turkey ranks ...

More Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2025. Lights on top of the Yeni mosque reads in Turkish: "Don't forget your afterlife". In a statement posted ...