The Turkish president said that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities denouncing the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a stern warning that demonstrations would not be tolerated.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Riot police officers use pepper spray to clear a protester during a protest after Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem ...

By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Ezgi Erkoyun and Huseyin Hayatsever ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday that Turkey would not tolerate street violence or public disruptions after the detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu prompted some of the biggest shows of civil disobedience in more than a decade.

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.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Live view from outside Istanbul’s City Hall after Turkish police arrested Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular ...

The combination of election success and legal battles has cemented Ekrem Imamoglu's status as Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and biggest threat to the president's more than 22-year reign.

His arrest this week has sparked widespread protests across Turkey, with demonstrators rallying in multiple cities to voice their opposition.

A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, CNN affiliate CNN Turk reported, as mass protests have broken out across the country against his detention over allegations of corruption and terrorism ties.

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had turned into a "movement of violence" and said the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, initiated a call to wish Eid Mubarak ('Happy Eid') to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Islamic world, Erdogan’s directorate of communications said on March 31.