But you won’t erase me from the people’s hearts. I call on you: abandon this lawlessness and enemy justice. I repeat – Ekrem İmamoğlu is not being tried, he is being punished.” After İmamoğlu spoke, ...

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 ...

Turkey Thursday ordered X to restrict access to the account of jailed political opposition leader and Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu. X said it is complying but will challenge the order.

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 ...

Judicial officials in Turkey on Monday rejected an appeal seeking the release of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu from jail pending the outcome of his corruption trial, the country's state-run ...

Turkey's main opposition party rallied on the outskirts of Istanbul on Saturday, calling for the release of the city's imprisoned mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. The Republican People's Party (CHP) and its ...

The president’s arrest of his rival, Ekrem İmamoğlu, follows a familiar trajectory. It could also backfire spectacularly. By Kaya Genç Demonstrators protesting against the arrest of the Mayor of ...

Ekrem Mustafa Tekin, 26, was riding his motorcycle along the Hume Highway near Casula on March 19 when he was struck by a vehicle, leaving him critically injured on the road. Police will allege Mr ...

Thousands of people, including the person dressed in the inflatable Pikachu costume, hit the streets in Antalya on Wednesday to express frustration over the March 19 arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ...

Who is Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed Istanbul Mayor challenging Turkey’s Erdogan? Imamoglu was arrested after a raid on his home earlier this week, sparking the most significant surge of street ...

Ekrem has become a symbol of the change that Turkey desperately needs, and he is widely regarded as its engine. Whether behind a desk or iron bars, he is not alone. In the CHP ’s open primary ...

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… ...