Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 20:31 AFP — Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and terrorism allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated "coup".

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 19:39 AFP — Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and "terror" allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated "coup".

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 17:26 AFP — Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over two investigations into graft and "supporting terror", prompting outrage from the main opposition CHP which slammed it as a politically-motivated "coup".

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 13:24 AFP — Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu Wednesday in connection with two investigations into graft and "supporting terror," a move that the main opposition party slammed as a politically-motivated "coup".

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 09:28 AFP — Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu early Wednesday as part of a corruption probe, a move his opposition CHP party slammed as a "coup".

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 08:02 AFP — Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival who has faced a growing barrage of legal challenges aimed at stopping his bid to win Turkey's top job.

Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 , 06:45 AFP — Turkish police raided the home of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday, detaining him over a corruption probe in a move denounced by the main opposition CHP party as a "coup".

Tuesday, 18 March, 2025 , 17:14 AFP — Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's biggest political rival who has had hurdle after hurdle thrown at him to stop him making a bid for Turkey's top job.

Monday, 17 March, 2025 , 04:06 AFP — Kurdish-led forces that control large swathes of northern Syria said nine people from the same family were killed Sunday night in a bombing it blamed on Turkey.

Sunday, 16 March, 2025 , 17:10 AFP — Iraqi security forces have seized more than a tonne of captagon, an illegal stimulant, smuggled from Syria via Turkey, the interior ministry said on Sunday.