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.” ...

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.

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

People took to the streets over the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and a potential opposition candidate in the upcoming Turkish presidential election. His supporters say the charges ...

Saturday’s detentions are the fifth wave of a legal crackdown against the Istanbul administration since March 19, when Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on corruption charges. The arrest of ...