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As Istanbul's mayor remains jailed, pressure mounts on opposition-aligned media to soften their criticism, analysts say.
As Istanbul's mayor remains jailed, pressure mounts on opposition-aligned media to soften their criticism, analysts say.
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled the mayor of the southern city of Adana should be held in jail pending trial on corruption charges, broadcaster NTV reported, as a legal crackdown on the main ...
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of several opposition mayors, including Adana Mayor Zeydan Karalar, over corruption ...
Turkish prosecutors has charged Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, with falsifying his university diploma, a new case threatening more years in prison for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main ...
The attempt by the Erdoğan government to criminalise the CHP shows the extent of the ruling class’s crisis, which is ...
Istanbul’s jailed opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his legal team have boycotted a court hearing on Thursday after they claimed that a late change in venue for the proceedings was “unlawful”.
Since March 19, 2025, İmamoğlu and several CHP-affiliated municipal officials have been targeted in a wave of operations. İmamoğlu was detained in the first operation and formally arrested on March 23 ...
Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned mayor of Istanbul and leading rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court Monday on charges of threatening and insulting a top judicial official.
The Turkish Interior Ministry has suspended Antalya’s mayor Muhitin Boçek, who belongs to the Republican People’s Party (CHP) ...