Turkey’s central bank raised one of its key interest rates in a surprise meeting on Thursday, the latest move by authorities to reverse a decline in the lira. The monetary authority hiked the ...

At least 37 people have been detained in Turkey over social media posts that criticised the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is widely seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mai ...

Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and "terror" allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated ...

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Police in Turkey have detained Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - as part of an investigation into alleged corruption ...

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 ...

The opposition said the arrest was politically motivated. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul Turkey arrested the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on ...

Meanwhile, the mayor’s detention sent shock waves through Turkey’s financial markets, deepening investor fears and triggering sharp losses in the currency and stock market. The Turkish lira ...

Watch: Istanbul mayor says he's 'facing intimidation' in video message Protests have erupted in Turkey after authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected ...

Like Imamoglu, Erdogan was once a popular mayor of Istanbul. In 1998, Turkey’s secularist political system targeted and jailed then-mayor Erdogan on charges of inciting religious hatred ...

Protests have erupted in Turkey after authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected as a presidential candidate. Ekrem Imamoglu, from the secular ...