On the other, his jailed challenger, Ekrem Imamoglu, a hugely popular mayor seen by many as a future leader - although ...

The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, was jailed pending his trial on corruption charges and removed from office on Sunday.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu faced questioning in court on Saturday by prosecutors over allegations of corruption and ...

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Just four days after his arrest in a pre-dawn raid by hundreds of police, the powerful and popular opposition mayor was on ...

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Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained after a raid on his home earlier this week ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival, has been jailed on corruption charges, sparking ...

Supporters of the mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, said that corruption charges against him were a ploy to hobble the main political ...

Protests grow across Turkey after main rival to president is jailed pending trial - Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was formally ...

Only last week, its government was still what political scientists call a competitive authoritarian regime: although ...