STORY: :: July 1, 2025:: Hundreds clash with police at a rally for jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu:: Istanbul, Turkey:: It followed a protest marking 100 days since Imamoglu was detained ...

A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor of insulting and threatening a public official.

Turkey’s top opposition leader to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sentenced to 20 months in prison for allegedly insulting ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, a decision that could impact his political future.

Officials from CHP-controlled municipalities in Istanbul and elsewhere have faced waves of arrests this year over allegations of corruption. The opposition claims the arrests are politically motivated ...

Turkish police on Tuesday arrested more than 120 people at city hall in the opposition stronghold of Izmir, hours before a key rally in Istanbul, in the latest move targeting President Recep Tayyip ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu is already in pre-trial detention on separate charges against him, but has now been given an extra prison ...

Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) take part in a rally to mark the 100th day of the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2025.

An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening political pluralism, press freedom, and economic stability as Erdogan consolidates ...

Annual inflation dropped in June by more than expected, to 35 per cent. Although that means Turkey still has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, it has fallen from a peak of 75 per cent ...

Police use pepper spray to disperse protesters during a rally called by main opposition Republican People's Party or (CHP), in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Francisco Seco/AP ...