Istanbul’s jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the leading opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court ...

Istanbul's jailed mayor has appeared in court charged with threatening the city's public prosecutor. Ekrem Imamoglu — the ...

The trial venue was moved from a courthouse in central Istanbul to Silivri prison, where Imamoglu is being held, just 24 ...

Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his lawyers have boycotted a court hearing, claiming a late change of venue was “unlawful.” ...

Turkish authorities say they have suspended five elected mayors from duty, as the country’s opposition faces an ongoing ...

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is currently facing four criminal cases, one of which has resulted in conviction.

His predicament is entirely of his own making: in the early hours of March 19, Erdogan orchestrated a raid on the home of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s popular mayor, deploying some 200 police officers.

Turkish authorities have escalated their crackdown on the opposition-run Istanbul municipality over alleged corruption charges, detaining 30 people.

ANKARA — Turkish police detained 45 people on Friday as part of a corruption investigation into the Istanbul municipality, where Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been behind bars for nearly two months.

Turkish police detained 18 employees of Istanbul's municipality on graft charges, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Tuesday, extending a crackdown on the opposition and the city's jailed mayor, ...