Istanbul's opposition figure, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, receives 20-month prison sentence for insulting prosecutor, sparking protests in Turkiye.

An Istanbul court on Wednesday sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, ...

A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor of insulting and threatening a public official.

A court has sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkey 's President Tayyip Erdogan, to a fresh prison term, the country’s state broadcaster TRT has reported. Mr Imamoglu has ...

Erdogan says the probe tackles what he calls a corrupt network that is like 'an octopus whose arms stretch to other parts of ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, a decision that could impact his political future ...

Turkey’s most popular opposition politician Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to nearly two years in prison on Wednesday, after a court found him guilty of “threatening” Istanbul’s chief ...

Wednesday's conviction is based on comments made on Jan. 20 in which Imamouglu accused Istanbul's Chief Public Prosecutor Akin Gurlek of targeting opposition figures through alleged politically ...

Turkish opposition figure Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is already in pre-trial detention on separate charges, but ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran, a deputy foreign ...