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Ekrem İmamoğlu

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world

    My arrest in the government’s attempt to crush dissent shows how important the stability of my country is

    Supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) attend a rally to protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    InterviewÖzgür Özel
    How Turkey’s opposition plans to take on Erdoğan

    Republican People’s Party head Özgür Özel outlines strategy after arrest of star campaigner triggered mass protests

    Özgür Özel, head of the Republican People’s party
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Turkey
    Turkish students call on consumers to ‘buy nothing’ following crackdown

    Boycott campaign aims to increase pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after arrest of opposition leader

    A woman walks by shuttered restaurants in Istanbul amid the opposition’s calls for a mass economic boycott following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Turkey
    Turkey seeks to calm investors after market turmoil

    Protesters rally for seventh night after Istanbul mayor was jailed on corruption charges

    A protester faces a line of riot police during a demonstration in Istanbul on Monday
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Turkish protesters rise up against Erdoğan

    Demonstrators warn arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s main rival, risks transforming the country into an autocracy

    The protester is dressed in a dervish outfit, with a gas mask on. The police are firing the spray straight into his face. Crowds are in the background
  • Sunday, 23 March, 2025
    Turkey
    Turkey formally arrests Erdoğan rival in escalation of political crackdown

    More than 600 people detained as country sees largest opposition protests in more than a decade

    A woman wearing a T-shirt with the face of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu waves a flag during a protest in Istanbul on Saturday
  • Saturday, 22 March, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Turkey detains hundreds of protesters as demonstrations over mayor’s arrest intensify

    Detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu has set off economic and political turmoil

    Supporters of Istanbul metropolitan Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu take part in a demonstration outside Istanbul municipality
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Tens of thousands protest in Turkey against arrest of Erdoğan rival

    Detention of Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu galvanises opposition and leads to stock market plunge

    People light flares as they protest against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, in Istanbul on Friday
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Turkey detains 37 in escalating crackdown on opposition to Erdoğan

    Hundreds more sought by authorities as they move to stifle dissent over arrest of popular Istanbul mayor

    Protesters gather in front of the municipality headquarters in Istanbul, waving Turkish flags and holding signs
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Erdoğan’s move against main rival plunges Turkey into crisis

    Politicians and investors say the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu marks a dangerous turning point

    Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, left,  and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, right
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Turkish police detain Erdoğan’s main political rival

    Stocks fall as Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a key challenger to president, held

    Ekrem İmamoğlu speaks at a rally with a large Turkish flag in the background
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    Turkish politics
    Erdoğan’s main rival risks ban from Turkish vote after degree annulled

    Popular Istanbul mayor faces potential disqualification from elections amid crackdown on opposition

    Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    News in-depthTurkish politics
    Erdoğan crackdown spans Turkey’s mayors and an astrologer  

    President’s most prominent rival, journalists and a talent agent among scores swept up in prosecutions

    Supporters of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu shout slogans as they gather in front of an Istanbul courthouse on January 31, 2025
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    Interview
    Victorious Istanbul mayor tells Erdoğan to heed voter ‘message’

    Ekrem İmamoğlu’s re-election has invigorated the opposition to Turkey’s president

    Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in his office
  • Saturday, 6 April, 2024
    Person in the News
    Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Istanbul mayor facing down Erdoğan

    His victory in local elections comes at a pivotal moment for Turkey’s opposition

  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Turkish elections
    Turkey’s opposition wins big cities in blow to Erdoğan

    President’s ruling party suffers severe setback in local elections as economic issues shift voter support

    Supporters of Istanbul’s incumbent mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu celebrate
  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Turkish elections
    The mis-steps behind Erdoğan’s electoral defeat

    Turkey’s strongman leader misjudged voter anger over economy and threat from opposition in local polls

    A montage of a Supporter of Ekrem Imamoglu, left, and Imamoglu and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Saturday, 30 March, 2024
    Turkish politics
    Battle for Istanbul puts Erdoğan’s power to the test

    Race for mayor pits president’s candidate against Turkey’s most important opposition figure

    Ekrem İmamoğlu, left,  Murat Kurum; Istanbul skyline
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor announces re-election bid in challenge to Erdoğan

    Ekrem İmamoğlu seeks to win race seen as crucial signal of opposition’s ability to counter Turkish president

    Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Interview
    Latest criminal case against Istanbul mayor is ‘baseless’, lawyer says

    Erdoğan administration accused of misusing law to discredit popular opposition politician

    Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    InterviewTurkish politics
    Political ban is ‘axe to democracy’, says Turkish opposition leader

    Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu predicts voters will punish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party at the polls

    Ekrem İmamoğlu speaks at a rally
  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor sentenced to jail and barred from politics over ‘idiots’ insult

    Verdict threatens Ekrem İmamoğlu’s potential challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in next year’s election

    Ekrem Imamoğlu after being elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019
  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    Turkish politics
    Istanbul mayor urges Turkish business community to show ‘courage’ towards Erdoğan

    Ekrem İmamoğlu says company leaders are ‘culpable’ for Turkey’s economic crisis

    Ekrem İmamoğlu celebrates after being elected mayor of Istanbul
  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Defeating Erdoğan: Turkey’s opposition searches for a champion

    A loose alliance of rivals is in danger of squandering its best chance to oust the president as it delays its choice of candidate

    FT montage of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Mansur Yavaş against a backdrop of the Turkish flag and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Istanbul mayor looks to global markets to fund investment

    Lack of support from state banks spurred municipality into selling its first eurobond

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