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 has formally arrested Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and kept him in jail pending his trial on corruption charges. Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence earlier ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, pending a trial on corruption charges, in a move likely to cause the country's biggest protests in more than a decade.

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 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 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 ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had basked in the glow of what he often jokingly dubbed his political miracle — the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...