More than 1,100 people, including some journalists, were detained in protests against Turkish President Erdogan after the arrest of his rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

A Turkish court formally jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponent, prompting thousands Sunday night to take to the streets across the country in protest.

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.

Officials in Istanbul elected an interim replacement on Wednesday for the Turkish city’s popular mayor, who is being held in custody on corruption charges. Members of the municipal council representing Turkey’s largest city selected deputy chairman Nuri Aslan as an interim mayor to replace Ekrem Imamoglu,

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.

Ekrem Imamoglu, Mayor of Istanbul, jailed on corruption charges, sparking protests and raising concerns about democracy in Turkey.

The detention last week of Mr Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, triggered the largest anti-government demonstrations in Turkey in more than a decade and led to mass arrests, as hundreds of thousands heeded opposition calls and took to the streets in mostly peaceful 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

The head of Turkey’s main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release. Imamoglu, arrested on March 19 on corruption charges,