Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had boasted jokingly that he was the only person to have beaten ...

Yet to interpret this solely as a political shift is to miss the deeper story: the transformation of the Turkish soul. The ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lashed out at the opposition CHP in the toughest criticism over the latter’s incitement of ...

In his address to lawmakers with his Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Erdogan added that “sabotage targeting the Turkish economy will be held accountable before the courts.” Imamoglu was ...

Justice and Development Party (AK Party), criticized the main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), for ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, a popular opposition leader, marks a dramatic escalation in an ongoing government crackdown ...

Imamoglu had vowed to challenge the decision.Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkey’s largest city in March 2019, a major blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party ...

On March 19, police officers — acting on instructions from the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP — detained İmamoğlu. By Sunday, the popular opposition figure was imprisoned ...

Türkiye’s future hinges not just on who governs but on whether its democracy can still offer a fair and open contest for power, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must note ...