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Jailed İstanbul mayor calls searches of family summer homes ‘harassment’

Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has condemned recent searches of the summer homes of his wife and father as politically motivated harassment, calling on...

Erdoğan to receive pro-Kurdish party delegation behind peace talks with Öcalan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet on Thursday with a delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), whose members played...

Turkish gov’t denies opposition claim it sought US approval for İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Turkey’s justice minister has rejected claims made by main opposition leader Özgür Özel that the government sought approval from the United States for the...

Özgür Özel: From low-key opposition leader to the face of Turkey protests

In the few weeks since the jailing of Turkey's opposition heavyweight Ekrem İmamoğlu, Özgur Özel has become the face of the biggest protests to...

Turkey’s main opposition to hold emergency convention amid pressure from Erdoğan gov’t

Turkey’s main opposition party is convening an emergency congress as it faces pressure from the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following the...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally makes first appearance since February surgery

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, appeared in public Friday for...

CHP officially names jailed mayor its presidential candidate

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has officially declared Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of İstanbul, its candidate for president. The decision was made...

Turkey’s CHP elects interim mayor for İstanbul after İmamoğlu’s arrest

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has elected a member of the city council in İstanbul to run the city in the absence...

Erdoğan vows legal action against economic ‘sabotage’ amid boycott of pro-gov’t businesses

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that people attempting to undermine Turkey’s economy will face legal consequences, as the opposition calls for a boycott...

15 mn vote for newly deposed İstanbul mayor in opposition primary: City Hall

Some 15 million people voted in Sunday's symbolic primary organized by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in a mass show of support...

İstanbul mayor to be questioned as defiance of Erdoğan mounts

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is set to appear before prosecutors on Saturday, after spending a third night in police custody, as protests continue nationwide...

Erdoğan calls protests against mayor’s detention ‘street terror,’ vows to fight back

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called ongoing protests against the detention of the mayor of İstanbul, his strongest political rival, “street terror,”...

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