Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
Long-serving, autocratic-leaning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to extend his tenure beyond ...
Turkey detains Istanbul’s mayor, a key rival of President Erdogan
Turkish authorities have detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as part of ...
Turkiye detains Istanbul mayor, Erdogan´s main rival
Turkish police detained Istanbul’s powerful Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu Wednesday in connection with two investigations into graft ...
Turkey Detains Erdogan’s Top Rival in Dawn Raid on Opposition
The moves against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and dozens of others could help extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two ...
Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates
He was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a ...
Analysis-Turkey's market turnaround stumbles as Erdogan rival detained
Two years of hard work to build international investor confidence in Turkey's economic turnaround story has been dealt a ...
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls 'coup'
Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and ...
Turkey and Israel face mounting tensions over future of post-Assad Syria
The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has aggravated the already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, ...