Some have thought Mr Erdogan an aspiring dictator ever since the 1990s, when as an Islamist he campaigned against Turkey’s ...

Istanbul's now-deposed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep ...

In 1998, while still mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan was arrested on charges of inciting racial hatred and spent four months in ...

A Turkish court on Tuesday remanded in custody seven journalists for covering the mass protests that erupted following the ...

More than 1,000 people have been detained amid protests over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opponent of ...

Turkish police have detained the strongest rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a move that experts say is aimed at ...

Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and ...

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, CNN affiliate CNN Turk reported, as mass ...

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

Experts say Turkey has been on the path towards autocracy for some time now. Since surviving an attempted coup in 2016, Erdogan has expanded his presidential powers and cracked down on opposition ...

Tayyip Erdogan’s anti-democratic tendencies are hardly a secret. It may seem surprising then that the detention of a key ...

Experts say Turkey has been on the path towards autocracy for some time now. Since surviving an attempted coup in 2016, Erdogan has expanded his presidential powers and cracked down on opposition and ...