Ekrem Imamoglu The 53-year-old is considered modern and eloquent. He is also known as a politician who strives to include opponents instead of dividing them. It may well be this rather unusual ...

A court formally detained the Mayor of Istanbul, a prominent opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (March 23, 2025), and ordered him jailed while awaiting the results of a trial ...

Since the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife Dilek has been center stage at nightly protests, fighting for her husband and the survival of the Turkish ...

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The head of Turkey’s main opposition party is visiting jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive protests calling for his release ISTANBUL -- The head of Turkey's main ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The head of Turkey’s main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release. Imamoglu ...

Pehlivan's lawyer, Yigit Gokcehan Kocoglu, said on X that his client was detained "not for doing anything, but simply for being our Mayor Ekrem's lawyer and for doing his advocacy job".

The police used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannons to disperse protests on Sunday in Istanbul after the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.Credit...Umit Bektas/Reuters Supported by By Ben ...

I have faith in the people of Turkey and beyond who fight for justice and democracy. Ekrem Imamoglu was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019.

Istanbul’s opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over graft charges that he and his ...

who was in Turkey to cover protests against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, was jailed pending trial on terrorism charges, Turkey's Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said on Friday.

He said he would not comply. “You will see more of Mayor Ekrem on the balconies of houses, in squares, on the streets and on the walls,” Celik posted on X. Demonstrations in Istanbul ...