Thousands gathered outside İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) headquarters in the Fatih district late yesterday to protest the detention of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 others, including district mayors and other officials. People began ...

Authorities have seized a construction company owned by İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was detained earlier today as part of a wide-ranging investigation. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that a court had ruled ...

More than 100 people have been detained in İstanbul as part of three separate investigations launched under orders from the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Among those detained are İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, district mayors ...

The detention of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu along with over 100 others triggered protests in Turkey’s parliament. MP Ali Mahir Başarır, deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) group in the parliament, ...

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has called for respect for the judicial process amid public outrage against the detention of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and 100 others early today. The detentions were carried out as part ...

The detentions of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and nearly 100 others early today are linked to multiple investigations involving corruption and terrorism-related charges. At the center of the terrorism allegations is last year’s cooperation in ...

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, the main ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addressed the ongoing legal proceedings against İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in a statement on social media, emphasizing the need for ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of İstanbul and a leading opposition figure, has been widely seen as a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s presidential election scheduled for 20208. İmamoğlu was poised to ...

Following the detention of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 others, the Turkish lira lost value against all major currencies, with the US dollar and euro reaching record highs. For the first time, ...

As İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 others were detained in a sweeping crackdown, Turkey has imposed widespread restrictions on social media and messaging platforms. Major platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, X, and TikTok, ...