Turkey launched a probe into the leader of the main opposition party for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the latest phase of a crackdown that has stoked investor fears about political ...

The detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's lawyer, Mehmet Pehlivan, highlights Turkey's expanding crackdown on opposition figures. Pehlivan faces fabricated charges of criminal affiliation, ...

Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, has been imprisoned under alleged fabricated charges as part of a ...

ISTANBUL — The mayors of three major cities in southern Turkey were arrested Saturday, state-run media reported, joining a ...

Turkish authorities arrested three more mayors from the main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), deepening ...

A crackdown on Erdogan's rival Republican People's Party continues, as three mayors from southern Turkey are held.

The latest probe adds to mounting cases against CHP figures, first sparked by Ekrem Imamoglu’s graft arrest in March.

Analysts say the protracted trial over the CHP’s 2023 leadership vote is less about overturning results than draining the ...

Al-Monitor’s correspondent in Ankara Ezgi Akin joins host Adam Lucente to discuss the prolonged court case over the Republican People’s Party (CHP) leadership, including how it could hurt the ...

Authorities in Turkey have arrested three opposition mayors from southern cities. According to state media, the mayors, all from the Republican People’s Party or CHP face allegations of bribery and ...

The defendants faceup to 1,998 years in prison each on 78 charges, including ’manslaughter with possible intent" to kill’.