Umit Bektas/Reuters Supported by By Ben Hubbard Reporting from Istanbul Turkey has been plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and the ...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been running Turkey for 22 years, and has spent much of that time eroding its democracy. His government controls the courts, the security apparatus and almost all the media.

By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul Turkey’s largest opposition party is organizing rallies, urging boycotts of pro-government businesses and standing by its presidential ...

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 ...

“There’s just a lot of good, positive news coming out of Turkey.” As he spoke, the biggest protests in over a decade were spreading across the country. Perhaps Mr Witkoff was referring to ...

Protests have been taking place across Turkey over the past week, including in the largest city Istanbul and the capital Ankara, amid anger over the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ...

More than 1,000 people have been detained in Turkey after five nights of demonstrations against the arrest of the Turkish president's main rival. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, was ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. The latest from Turkey. The events underscored both the widespread public support for İmamoğlu and the hurdles to his ...