A massive Istanbul demonstration over the arrest and jailing of opposition presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu and the fate of democracy in Turkey is planned for Saturday (May 29). There will be concern that the event could prove a fateful test of the willpower of the opposition and the movement to free Imamoglu and the ruling regime.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media and other broadcasters said, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests against President Tayyip Erdogan’s government in more than a decade.

A Turkish court formally jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponent, prompting thousands Sunday night to take to the streets across the country in protest.

The head of Turkey’s main opposition party has visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu after six nights of massive protests calling for his release

Turkey's main opposition party says that the lawyer of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's opponent has been detained. It comes along with the detention of two journalists in dawn raids as authorities crack down on dissent.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential challenger to longtime President Tayyip Erdogan, appeared in a Turkish court on Saturday for the first time since his detention on Wednesday for alleged corruption and terrorism.

Unlike X, which has suspended social media accounts at the request of the Turkish government, Meta says it has faced heavy fines in Turkey for refusing to do so.

Turkish fans had urged the rock band to cancel the show as thousands of citizens protest the recent arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu