Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained in the early hours of Wednesday during a raid on his home as part of investigations into alleged corruption and links to a terrorist group. By Sunday ...

Police on Saturday raided municipal offices and arrested three district mayors in Istanbul, as well as a former lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the state news agency ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu was formally imprisoned on March 23, 2025, four days after being taken into custody. A total of 31 people were ...

European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sánchez Amor, visited İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu today at ...

President Erdoğan rallied his AK Party on Sunday in an event in Istanbul, where he decried the main opposition for still ...

Ahmet Çiçek, owner of an advertising company who was detained in a corruption case involving Istanbul’s former mayor Ekrem ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, Mayor of Istanbul, stands in front of a Turkish flag during a reception at city hall. The German Foreign Office has called the formal arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and possible presidential candidate for the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was detained on two separate charges in a police ...

İstanbul mayor and Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, detained on Wednesday on corruption and terror charges, was arrested ...

The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent shockwaves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy. On March 19, police officers — acting on ...

There is currently no obstacle for İmamoğlu, who was announced as the CHP's presidential candidate, to be elected despite his arrest. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained in the early ...