Opposition presidential candidate and Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu was previously arrested in March over allegations of corruption.

Turkish authorities arrested three more mayors from the main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), deepening ...

A total of eight CHP mayors are now either in custody or in pretrial detention, following the party’s success in the 2024 local elections, where it surpassed President Erdoğan’s AKP.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained in the early hours of Wednesday during a raid on his home as part of investigations into alleged corruption and links to a terrorist group. By Sunday ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, now-suspended mayor of İstanbul and the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework ...

The conviction of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and the ban on him holding elected political office imposed on the basis of a comment to the media should be seen for the violation of rights that ...

An Istanbul court’s decision on June 19, 2025, to allow the detention of a leading defense lawyer for the jailed Istanbul ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu poses a serious threat to Erdoğan’s rule. Not only is he a formidable contender in any fair political contest, but he also represents the biggest obstacle to Erdoğan’s plan ...

With 21,600 pending and unresolved applications before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Turkey ranks first in ...

In Turkey, mass protests continue over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a major rival to Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkish authorities have detained ...

The recent arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and main rival of President Erdoğan has sparked the largest protests in Turkey in a decade, with over 1,100 people detained in ...