Turkey is having its largest protests in more than a decade after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and jailed.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had become a 'movement of violence' and blamed the main opposition party.

The Turkish president said that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

Critics of Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest continued their defiance Wednesday despite a growing crackdown ...

University students sit at Galata bridge during a protest after Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Huseyin Aldemir) ...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul on Friday in support of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan's chief political rival – who was detained on Wednesday, just days before he was to be ...

Istanbul's embattled Ekrem Imamoglu spent his first night in jail last night a day after his suspension as mayor, as ten journalists were detained for covering the mass demonstrations that his ...

Anti-government protesters in Turkey said they planned to keep up a campaign of demonstrations triggered by the jailing of Istanbul's mayor - the biggest such opposition action in a decade - despite ...

We greet you from İstanbul University — a place that has long held a unique significance in this country’s history and now ...

Ahead of Ozel's address, at the historic Galata Bridge in Istanbul, a sit-in protest blocked traffic on both sides of the bridge, while others gathered elsewhere in the city, in Ankara ...

Authorities accused of attacking ‘people’s right to learn the truth’ as president Erdogan seeks to paint protests as ...