To combine a personal family saga with the horrifying, not-so-long-ago history of an entire people, and to tell that story onstage, is a challenge for which Syrian-Armenian-American ...

The arrest of Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sparked widespread protests across Turkey. Accused of financial misconduct and links to Kurdish militants, his detention is seen as a ...

Just days before Turkey’s main opposition party was set to select its next presidential candidate, the leading contender, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested and jailed, effectively removing ...

Turkey’s central bank raised one of its key interest rates in a surprise meeting on Thursday, the latest move by authorities to reverse a decline in the lira. The monetary authority hiked the ...

Police in Turkey have detained Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu - a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - as part of an investigation into alleged corruption ...

By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London The BBC said on Thursday that Turkey had deported a correspondent who was covering the antigovernment protests in the country, after he was detained and ...

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Europe treads carefully While Turkey's president says the widespread protests — which included clashes with police — are a "movement of violence," France's foreign ministry has branded the ...

As Turkey witnesses its biggest protests in more than a decade, there’s intense speculation about whether these events will lead to a significant challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or a ...

When Turkey jailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest rival at the weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets. Notably less vocal were the country’s Western allies. The Turkish president ...

In 2023, Mr Imamoglu was not fielded by his party in the presidential race over a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for "insulting" members of Turkey's High Electoral Committee. His appeal is ...

More than 1,000 people have been detained in Turkey after five nights of demonstrations against the arrest of the Turkish president's main rival. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, was ...