Akpolat’s arrest is the most recent example of the increasing pressure on opposition from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Since the municipal elections, the targeting of the opposition ...

ISTANBUL — The mayor of one of Turkey’s opposition strongholds ... The prosecutor’s office said a three-month investigation led to arrest warrants for 47 people, including Akpolat and ...

criticized Ozdag’s arrest, saying on X that “Everyone knows that this is political meddling in the judiciary." Imamoglu, who is a member of Turkey's main opposition party, was convicted of ...

Another mayor of an Istanbul district, also a CHP member, has been under arrest on terrorism-related charges since October. Critics say Turkey's judiciary has been bent to Erdogan's will to punish ...

Turkey has arrested 15 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 78 people and injured dozens at a ski ...