The detention of Ekrem Imamoglu was a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices in Turkey.

Istanbul mayor arrested over alleged corruption and terror links Live view from outside Istanbul’s City Hall after Turkish ...

Live view from outside Istanbul’s City Hall after Turkish police arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular opposition leader ...

Feature essays from local and international experts paired with extensive research on the social, economic and physical contours of Istanbul document and analyse the region’s major urban trends.

Turkey detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday on charges such as graft and aiding a terrorist group, a step the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as ...

The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued warrants for the mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, and some 100 other people.

Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor – a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – ...

I only had a few days there, but Istanbul doesn’t need long to sink its teeth into you. This is a city that seduces, overwhelms, and lingers in the marrow of your bones long after you’ve gone.

The problems of one small river in Şile is a ripple out from the large problem that threatens to splash down on Istanbul: what happens if the city runs out of water? In January 2021, the ...