Nearly 1,900 people have been arrested in ongoing protests sparked by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said on Friday that his lawyer had been ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish presidential hopeful detained on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, is ...

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 İmamoğlu, now-suspended mayor of İstanbul and the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish presidential hopeful arrested on corruption charges, remains one of the country's most popular politicians. A leading figure in the opposition Republican People's Party ...

Who is Ekrem Imamoglu? Mr. Imamoglu became the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and economic engine, in 2019, after defeating a candidate backed by Mr. Erdogan.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests ...

Riot police use pepper spray to clear protesters during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption ...

W HEN MY HUSBAND, Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested in the early hours of March 19th, millions across Turkey felt exactly as I did: not only sorrow but a strong sense of injustice and rising anger ...

ISTANBUL — A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.

The restaurant’s manager, a man called Ekrem Imamoglu, years later explained that he had not charged the new mayor. “When he was in his first months as mayor I hosted him,” recalled Mr Imamoglu.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish presidential hopeful arrested on corruption charges, remains one of the country's most popular politicians. A leading figure in the opposition Republican People's Party ...