The Turkish president said that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to ...

As mass rallies continue in Turkiye and the CHP plans its next move, we take a look at the man at the heart of protests.

More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had emerged as Turkey’s strongest political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But that threat may have dissipated after Imamoglu was detained by Turkish ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Riot police officers use pepper spray to clear a protester during a ...

By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Ezgi Erkoyun and Huseyin Hayatsever ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday that Turkey would not tolerate street violence or public disruptions after the ...

Turkey’s main opposition party has reelected its chairman two weeks after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, the party’s highest profile rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities denouncing the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a stern warning that demonstrations would not be tolerated.

The combination of election success and legal battles has cemented Ekrem Imamoglu's status as Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and ...

Prosecutors ordered that Ekrem Imamoglu and about 100 other people be detained, state-run media reported. Istanbul’s mayor is a high-profile member of the opposition.

Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul's mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent ...

Erdogan’s spree of detainments and arrests ... People chant slogans as they protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 19, 2025.