Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once said that whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey. If that's the case, the stakes are high for Sunday's elections as people across the country of 85 million ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is facing a major corruption trial that critics say targets Turkey’s opposition and threatens ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - The detention of Istanbul's popular mayor risks undermining Turkey's move to end the PKK militant group's 40-year-old insurgency - a plan relying heavily on the ...

Turkey's Trade Minister Omer Bolat addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey was offered partner country status by the BRICS group of nations, Trade ...

Turkey’s authoritarian trend is continuing as police have clashed with protesters at the Istanbul headquarters of the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). This comes as the ...

The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent shockwaves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy. On March 19, police officers — acting on ...

ANKARA — Istanbul police detained more than 400 people on Thursday during May Day demonstrations — the largest display of defiance since last month’s mass protests over Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest — ...

The opposition chalked up gains against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in local elections across Turkey amid voter anger about the economy. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Ben Hubbard ...

More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X, Yerlikaya ...

A win for the opposition on Sunday could set the country in a new direction, presenting a major challenge to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the AK Party's decades-long hold on power.