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.

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 ...

The crisis triggered by Imamoglu's arrest is already having a strong impact on Turkey, an open economy that relies on services and industry and has experienced different stages in Erdogan's over ...

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.

In contrast, Imamoglu is from the staunchly secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), joining in 2008 and becoming its mayor in Istanbul's Beylikduzu district 10 years ago.

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.

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 ...

Imamoglu's X account has nearly 10 million followers. On Thursday the message "Account withheld" appeared, explaining that it was blocked in Turkey in response to a legal demand.

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.

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 ...

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.

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