The head of Turkey’s main opposition party has visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive protests calling for his release.

Türkiye has been facing one of its most politically volatile moments in over a decade since the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the most prominent rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

Dilek Imamoglu, the wife of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, has played a prominent role in the protests and rallies held since his arrest.

Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s most serious political rival, was arrested at his home on Wednesday just days before he was to be registered as a candidate in the 2028 presidential election.

Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey ...

A Turkish court formally jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponent, prompting thousands Sunday night to take to the streets across the country in protest.

Since the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife Dilek has been center stage at nightly protests, fighting for her husband and the survival of the Turkish opposition.Has the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan miscalculated?

Turkey’s Erdogan administration was on March 24 confronted by the rising risk that it will turn top opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu into a martyr as it continued with his imprisonment on corruption charges in the face of a sixth day of massive street protests.

Istanbul's now-deposed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has become the latest Turkish politician or activist opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to fall foul of the judicial authorities in what campaigners see as an intensifying pattern of repression.

Mr. Erdogan likely knows there’s no guarantee ... Police resorted to pepper spray to fight back protesters demonstarting after Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest Credit: Umit Bektas/REUTERS He was ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been charged with corruption after his arrest sparked dozens of protests across Turkey. Follow DW for more.

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