Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul, has been jailed on corruption charges. Since then, there have been days of protests, leading to violent clashes between protestors and the authorities. Imamoglu is seen as the main political rival to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been either prime minister of president since 2003.

President Erdogan is calculating he can ride out the upheaval caused by the arrest of his top rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the arrest of his rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

The recent arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has escalated political conflicts within Turkey and critically threatened the country’s democratic situation. Beyond its internal impact, this incident could change Turkey’s geographic and political position in the Middle East,

Their efforts — part of the largest wave of political protest in Turkey in more than a decade — were catalyzed by the government’s March 19 arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul ...

Turkish stocks were set for their worst week since the aftermath of 2008's Lehman Brothers collapse on Friday as concerns about this week's detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival refused to subside.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk is under fire for blocking accounts of opposition figures in Turkey on his social media platform X.

The biggest protests in more than a decade ... of using the courts to sideline a perceived political threat to Mr. Erdogan, who has led Turkey since 2003, and have called for Mr. Imamoglu ...