In the heart of the Old Town is the Hippodrome ... Istanbul's contemporary heart is Taksim Square, circled by endless traffic and highlighted by a statue commemorating the father of modern Turkey ...

Turkey started hastily organized mass trials on Friday to prosecute some of the hundreds of people who took part in the ...

Dozens of people including journalists have appeared before a court in Istanbul, accused of attending banned demonstrations ...

in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Huseyin Aldemir, File) People shout slogans as they march to protest ...

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, where the hearing was taking place. Mayor Ekrem ...

The arrest of the major opposition politician has sparked consecutive nights of protests across Turkey with hundreds of protestors arrested by police. Huge crowds gathered outside Istanbul City ...

Protesters turned out for demonstrations late Sunday in support of Mr. Imamolgu in Turkey’s largest cities. Many thousands of people gathered in front of City Hall in Istanbul carrying Turkish ...

As the courtroom developments unfolded, there were signs that the mayor's troubles were galvanizing opposition against Erdogan's government, which has run Turkey for 22 years.

Demonstrations took place in recent days across various cities in Turkey, including in Istanbul and the capital Ankara, protesting Imamoglu’s jailing. Imamoglu, Erdogan’s most serious rival ...

Demonstrators flooded Istanbul's streets, heeding the call of Turkey's main opposition CHP party. The mass protests, ongoing since top CHP figure Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest, are among the biggest ...

Istanbul's opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over graft charges that he and his supporters ...