Jailed Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu’s X account blocked in Turkey
Access to the X account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, has been blocked in Turkey in response to a legal demand, a ...
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Turkey denounces opposition calls for a day of no shopping
Turkey’s government denounced opposition calls for a mass commercial boycott following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu that sparked nationwide protests, describing them on Wednesday as an economic “...
Large crowds rally in Istanbul over jailing of Erdogan’s main rival
Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, sustaining the largest demonstrations Turkey has seen ...
Turks vow to protest on even as Erdogan says ‘show’ will end
Many Turkish anti-government protesters said they were bracing for a long-term standoff after six nights of action and scattered clashes with police over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, rejecting ...
Hundreds protest in north against Imamoglu arrest
Hundreds of people took to the streets in northern Nicosia on Friday evening to protest against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
The protest was organised by the Cyprus ...
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Turks protest, opposition defiant over Istanbul mayor’s detention
Thousands of Turks ramped up protests on Thursday despite a ban on street gatherings over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as the opposition ...
Turkish Cypriot politicians decry arrest of Istanbul mayor Imamoglu
Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday decried the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was among the first to react to Imamoglu’s arrest, being ...
Istanbul mayor Imamoglu arrested
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was on Wednesday morning arrested, hours after his university degree was revoked and two days before his party the CHP was set to name him as ...
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Turkey detains Erdogan’s main rival on array of charges
Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called “a coup ...
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Istanbul mayor Imamoglu’s degree revoked over non-recognition of Cyprus uni
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s degree was on Tuesday revoked by Istanbul University over a report which found that the university in northern Cyprus at which he began his studies ...
Imamoglu’s lawyer files charges against writers of report which called north uni unrecognised
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the ...
North university rector defends Istanbul mayor’s degree
Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...
Istanbul mayor faces forgery accusations over studies in Cyprus
An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...
Istanbul mayor was once footballer in Cyprus
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who won a second term in office in a landslide victory on Sunday, was once a footballer in Cyprus.
Imamoglu, who was born near the Black ...