Who is Ekrem Imamoglu & Why Has His Arrest Led to Protests in Turkiye? | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G Turkey, or Turkiye, is seeing its biggest protests since 2013. They began last Wednesday, after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu.

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.

The opposition leader’s arrest has ignited Turkey’s largest protests in over a decade

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

Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, said the lack of international condemnation of Erdogan is helping ensure Turkey's shift toward authoritarianism

Pehlivan was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by the Anti-Money Laundering Department of the Prosecutor's Office

Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival, has been jailed on corruption charges, sparking protests across Türkiye and market volatility.

Critics say the arrest of Istanbul's mayor is part of a mounting crackdown by Turkey's president to silence all dissent.

In a move that was stunning even for a president known to bristle at dissent, Erdogan had his chief political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, the popular mayor of Istanbul, arrested and thrown in jail on ...