Dilek Imamoglu, the wife of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, has played a prominent role in the protests and rallies held since his arrest.

Since the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his wife Dilek has been center stage at nightly protests, fighting for her husband and the survival of the Turkish opposition.Has the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan miscalculated?

Turkey’s Erdogan administration was on March 24 confronted by the rising risk that it will turn top opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu into a martyr as it continued with his imprisonment on corruption charges in the face of a sixth day of massive street protests.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had boasted jokingly that he was the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in three local elections

Türkiye has been facing one of its most politically volatile moments in over a decade since the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the most prominent rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

Protests against Turkish President Erdogan have been ongoing since the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Human rights observers warn that the number of Turkey's political prisoners is skyrocketing.

Mr. Erdogan likely knows there’s no guarantee ... Police resorted to pepper spray to fight back protesters demonstarting after Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest Credit: Umit Bektas/REUTERS He was ...

Starmer faces call to stand against Turkish president Erdogan as country’s worst unrest in a decade continues -