Dilek Kaya Imamoglu, wife of the arrested Istanbul mayor, gestures from a stage during a CHP rally in Maltepe, on the outskirts of the city on March 29, 2025 [AFP] ...

Born in Akcaabat on the northeastern Black Sea coast, Imamoglu moved to Istanbul as a teenager. After studying business, he graduated in 1995 then went to work in the construction industry.

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 ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had basked in the glow of what he often jokingly dubbed his political miracle… ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the most prominent rival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in court Friday to deny the charge that he made threats against the chief prosecutor of ...

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

ISTANBUL — Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and his lawyers boycotted a court hearing Thursday, claiming a late change of venue was “unlawful.” Thursday's case, which ...

Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, protest outside his prison during his first hearing over accusations leveled against him, in ...

Imamoglu, who is widely seen as a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained at his home early on March 19. His party said the move showed how strong a candidate he would be if he ...

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.