Why are thousands of people protesting in Turkey after Istanbul mayor’s arrest? - More than 1,100 people have been arrested ...

On the other, his jailed challenger, Ekrem Imamoglu, a hugely popular mayor seen by many as a future leader - although ...

Turkey’s election authority, the Supreme Electoral Board, said it was providing numbers to competing political parties “instantly” and would make the results public once the count was ...

The arrest of Istanbul’s popular mayor, a challenger to the president, is a dangerous step.

The year 2023 holds a special ... Erdogan's goal of creating a «New Turkey» today sounds less like a promise than a threat. They see the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14 ...

Imamoglu, one of Turkey’s most popular political figures, was the major threat to Erdogan. Erdogan extended his rule into a third decade after winning a knife-edge presidential election in 2023 ...