After controversial arrest of Istanbul's mayor, week of unrest culminates in giant demonstration in Turkey's largest city, ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Turkish opposition staged a rally outside Istanbul City Hall on Tuesday evening in support of the ...

Imamoglu’s release. 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 ...

Imamoglu, arrested on March 19 on corruption charges, is seen as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ...

People raise their mobile phones as they gather outside the City Hall to protest the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco ...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye’s Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government’s decision to imprison the city ... an opposing view: “We must ...

ISTANBUL — (AP) — Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannon against protesters in Turkey's capital early ...

Erdogan and plans to organize a protest this weekend. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul One week after the Turkish government arrested the mayor of Istanbul, who is the top ...

Ozel later spoke at what he said would be the last rally in front of Istanbul's City Hall, saying the party would appoint an acting mayor in Imamoglu's place in hopes of staving off a state ...

Turkey's main opposition party rallied on the outskirts of Istanbul on Saturday, calling for the release of the city's imprisoned ... angry at what many view as an attempt to subvert democracy.