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.

Protesters gathered for a mass rally in Istanbul on Saturday at the call of Turkey's main ... Under a cloudless blue sky, protesters with posters of Imamoglu could be heard chanting: "Everywhere is ...

A woman protests, holding a poster of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in front of a police cordon blocking the roads leading to the Vatan Security Department, where Imamoglu is expected to be taken ...