I mention Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Krakow, and he smiles. “Well,” he says. “Lodz is different.” He mentions the lack of an old town or clearly designated city centre, and I momentarily ...

Istanbul’s opposition party staged a mass rally on Wednesday evening to protest the detention of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, despite a government ban on public gatherings. Earlier in the day, Turkish ...

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets on Thursday, as demonstrators protested for a second night outside Istanbul City Hall over the shock arrest of the Mayor ...

Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and his detention came just days before the party was expected to name him as its candidate for the ...

Thousands of people on social media on Wednesday reacted to the detention of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and Erdogan’s rival in Turkey’s main opposition party. Imamoglu’s detention ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a huge crackdown to strengthen his grip on power by detaining his most serious political rival, raiding the homes of 106 opponents and banning ...

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office further added in a statement that an arrest warrant was issued against the Istanbul Mayor and 99 others, the state-run news agency noted. Ekrem Imamoglu ...

Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival who has faced a growing barrage of legal challenges aimed at stopping his bid to win Turkey's ...

Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival who has faced a growing barrage of legal challenges aimed at stopping his bid to win Turkey's top ...

Istanbul (AFP) – A Turkish university on Tuesday revoked the university degree of Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on ...

Istanbul (AFP) – Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival who has faced a growing barrage of legal challenges aimed at stopping his ...

Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is widely seen as the biggest challenger to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — Yasin AKGUL Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip ...