Imamoglu’s arrest came just days before he was expected to be nominated as the opposition Republican People’s Party’s presidential candidate in a primary on Sunday.

Imamoglu is the clear frontrunner to be his party’s candidate, with party leader Ozgur Ozel and Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas both having publicly stated that they will not stand.

Turkey’s top opposition leader and Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for allegedly insulting and threatening a city prosecutor.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had boasted jokingly that he was the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party in three local elections.

Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkey’s largest city in March 2019, a major blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party, which had controlled Istanbul for a quarter-century.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had basked in the glow of what he often jokingly dubbed his political miracle - the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ...

People are protesting a court ruling to sentence Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and bar him from politics for two-plus years. He's seen as a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Newly re-elected Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has emerged as the main challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's reign. After clinching a resounding victory and ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate of the secular opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, waves to their supporters outside a polling station in Istanbul, Sunday, June 23, 2019.

Ekrem Imamoglu shockingly won the city’s mayoralty in part by wooing the lower and middle-income voters who had powered President Erdogan’s rise. By Carlotta Gall ...

On Dec. 14, a Turkish court sentenced Erdogan’s most formidable opponent, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, to two years and seven months in prison.