Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul’s city hall for a second consecutive night to rally against the arrest of ...

Ekrem Imamoglu was detained after a dawn raid on his residence on Wednesday as part of investigations into alleged corruption ...

He was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a ...

On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – saw his bachelor’s degree revoked by Istanbul University. A day later, Imamoglu was ...

Critics say the arrest of Istanbul's mayor is part of a mounting crackdown by Turkey's president to silence all dissent.

I am the oldest. I had my 73rd birthday in prison. My columns had nothing to do with the Gülen movement. I ask for my trial to start as soon as possible.” Several journalists have appealed to Turkey’s ...

Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on ... arms and disband after visiting him on his island prison. The White House praised the call for peace ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict with Turkey's government ...

In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul ... The DEM party has long pressed for greater democracy in Turkey, rights for the country’s Kurdish population and to improve conditions ...