The lawyer from Turkey's main opposition figure, who is also jailed like the mayor, denounced that he faces "entirely fabricated" charges.

Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, has been imprisoned under alleged fabricated charges as part of a ...

The detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's lawyer, Mehmet Pehlivan, highlights Turkey's expanding crackdown on opposition figures. Pehlivan faces fabricated charges of criminal affiliation, ...

The lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who like the mayor is in jail under an expanding crackdown on Turkey's ...

The mayors of three major cities in southern Turkey were arrested Saturday, state-run media reported, joining a growing list ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish authorities detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on Saturday, according to a prosecutor's statement and media reports, expanding a months-long legal ...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, now-suspended mayor of İstanbul and the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s ...

Thousands rally in Istanbul and across Turkey as opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu spends 100 days in jail. Protests erupt ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, seen as the main opposition challenger to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule, was arrested on March 19 and jailed on corruption charges.

On 19 March, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was taken into custody on charges of corruption and misuse of public office. Two days later, he was arrested. These dates are significant because on 23 ...

CHP leader Ozgur Ozel speaks during a mass protest rally in support of arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 29, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkiye [Chris McGrath/Getty Images] ...