The leader of Turkey’s main opposition on Friday renewed a call on supporters to take to the streets for peaceful demonstrations against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top rival to President Recep ...

Mr. Imamoglu became the mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and economic engine, in 2019, after defeating a candidate backed by Mr. Erdogan. He was re-elected twice, and some polls suggest ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of people gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night on Thursday to rally against the arrest of the city’s mayor, a prominent contender against ...

Opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest has sparked the country's biggest street protests in over a decade.

Ekrem Imamoglu's hearing centers on insulting and threatening the chief Istanbul prosecutor. His imprisonment over unrelated charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group sparked mass protests ...

A second round of talks between Russia and the U.S. was "constructive," the U.S. State Department said after delegations from both sides concluded discussions in Istanbul lasting nearly six hours.

Courts across Istanbul released the protesters on bail following widespread demonstrations sparked by the arrest of the city’s opposition mayor.

Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkey’s largest city in March 2019, a historic blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party, which had controlled Istanbul for a quarter ...

Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkey’s largest city in March 2019, a historic blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party, which had controlled Istanbul for a quarter ...

ISTANBUL — Thousands of people gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night on Thursday to rally against the arrest of the city’s mayor, a prominent contender against ...