Politicians and investors say arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu marks dangerous turning point in authoritarian slide ...

Critics say the crackdown follows significant losses by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in local elections last year amid ...

Widely seen as the strongest challenger to Erdogan -- whose route to the presidency also included four years as Istanbul ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had emerged as Turkey’s strongest political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But ...

Turkish police detained Istanbul’s powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and terrorism allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested at his home on corruption and terrorism charges. He was growing in popularity and ...

WASHINGTON DC - The United States on Wednesday urged the Iraqi government to reach an agreement with the international oil ...

On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – saw his bachelor’s degree revoked by Istanbul University. A day later, İmamoğlu was ...

As the detention of Istanbul's mayor and the arrest of more than 100 raise alarms over an escalating crackdown on opposition, ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...

The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu on March 19, 2025 along with approximately 106 other municipal officials and ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s oil exports through Turkey could be resumed next week after nearly two years ...