Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing ...

new video loaded: What to Know About the Turmoil in Turkey Turkey was plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and a top rival to President ...

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 ...

When Turkey jailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest rival at the weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets. Notably less vocal were the country’s Western allies. The Turkish president ...

It was a dramatic escalation in an ongoing crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices in Turkey. The state-run Anadolu news agency said prosecutors issued detention warrants for the mayor ...

Turkey is witnessing the worst street unrest in more than a decade following the arrest of Istanbul's embattled mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential opposition candidate in the upcoming Turkish ...

Europe treads carefully While Turkey's president says the widespread protests — which included clashes with police — are a "movement of violence," France's foreign ministry has branded the ...

As Turkey witnesses its biggest protests in more than a decade, there’s intense speculation about whether these events will lead to a significant challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Turkey's budget deficit has skyrocketed by over 100%, according to official data released on Monday. The data shows a whopping £6.5billion deficit - this is up by 101.6% compared to the same ...