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 ...

(Istanbul, March 19, 2025) – The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, 2025, along with approximately 106 other municipal officials and politicians is a politically motivated ...

The arrest operation is the fifth after Turkey jailed Istanbul's mayor and leading opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu.

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 ...

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

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

The General Directorate of Security, which purchased 110,000 pepper spray canisters of various types in April, has taken ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tacitly accused İmamoğlu, his main political rival, and the Istanbul mayoralty of ...

Ertan Yıldız, a figure close to Istanbul’s former Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu, decided to collaborate with authorities and alleged that Imamoğlu ran a ...

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

Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, hold Turkish flags and placards reading 'Freedom for Imamoglu' during a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of ...