Turkey’s top opposition leader and Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for allegedly insulting and threatening a city prosecutor.

A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of insulting and threatening a public official and sentenced ...

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Silivri, near İstanbul, on Jul 5, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The quake struck at 2.24 pm local time (GMT+3) ...

Turkish prosecutors add charges of forging diploma against jailed Istanbul mayor On March 18, Istanbul University said it had annulled Imamoglu's diploma. He was detained a day later on the corruption ...

Associated Press (AP) — Every day, ferries of all shapes and sizes glide across the waters of Istanbul, their wakes intertwining to form intricate lattices of churning foam. The passenger ...

Associated Press (AP) — Every day, ferries of all shapes and sizes glide across the waters of Istanbul, their wakes intertwining to form intricate lattices of churning foam. The passenger boats are ...

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, ...

Once a lively affair with thousands of marchers, Istanbul Pride has been banned each year since 2015 by Turkey's ruling conservative government.