A court formally arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. View on euronews

Officials in Istanbul elected an interim replacement on Wednesday for the Turkish city’s popular mayor, who is being held in custody on corruption charges. Members of the municipal council representing Turkey’s largest city selected deputy chairman Nuri Aslan as an interim mayor to replace Ekrem Imamoglu,

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential challenger to longtime President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in a Turkish court on Saturday for the first time since his detention on Wednesday for alleged corruption and terrorism.

The opposition leader’s arrest has ignited Turkey’s largest protests in over a decade

More than two million supporters of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu took to the city's streets in protest demanding his release after being arrested on corruption charges.

Istanbul’s municipal government has elected Nuri Aslan as interim mayor to replace Ekrem Imamoglu, who has been imprisoned on corruption charges.

Charged with 'corruption' and 'aiding a terror organization,' the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, seen as the main opposition figure against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggered nationwide protests.

People wave flags of Turkey atop a garbage truck during a rally called by the Republican People's Party (CHP) in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor Ekrem Imanoglu in Maltepe, on the outskirts of Istanbul on March 29, 2025 (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP)

Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul Saturday to how their support for the city’s imprisoned mayor and demand his release.