Istanbul mayor Imamoglu is President Erdogan's main rival Imamoglu has been in prison since March investigation marks escalation in crackdown on opposition CHP Court dismissed bid to oust CHP leader ...

IN JULY SOME 30 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an armed group designated as a terrorist organisation by the European Union and America, laid down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu is already in pre-trial detention on separate charges against him, but has now been given an extra prison sentence. A Turkish court convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor on ...

A Turkish criminal court sentenced jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to one year and eight months in prison for insulting and threatening ...

A court has sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, to a fresh prison term, the country’s state broadcaster TRT has reported. Mr Imamoglu has been ...

Turkish prosecutors charged Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, on Friday with falsifying his university diploma, a new case threatening more years in prison for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main ...

Jailed presidential candidate and Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu tells court that cases against him and his colleagues are a 'direct punishment' for challenging President Erdogan and winning several ...

The second hearing of the case was held at the Marmara (Silivri) High-Security Prison courtroom by the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court. It was attended by CHP Chair Özgür Özel, several opposition ...

Since March 19, 2025, İmamoğlu and several CHP-affiliated municipal officials have been targeted in a wave of operations. İmamoğlu was detained in the first operation and formally arrested on March 23 ...

The trial venue was moved from a courthouse in central Istanbul to Silivri prison, where Imamoglu is being held, just 24 hours before proceedings were set to commence. Istanbul’s jailed opposition ...

The social media platform X said Thursday it has blocked access to jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ’s account in Turkey, complying with a Turkish court order—the latest measure targeting a key ...