ISTANBUL (AP) — Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannon against protesters in Turkey’s capital early Thursday, the latest clash in the country’s biggest anti-government protests in over a decade.

A Turkish university says Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu falsely obtained his university degree — Yasin AKGUL A Turkish university on Tuesday revoked the university degree of Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the biggest political ...

It comes after two days of relative calm in the country’s biggest anti-government protests in more than a decade.

A university has invalidated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's diploma in a move widely perceived as politically motivated.

Jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been officially nominated by the opposition as its presidential candidate for elections in 2028. His arrest has unleashed the largest protests Turkey has seen in a decade.

Analysts say a convergence of international factors gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the opportunity to try to neutralize Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main threat to him in elections due to be held in 2028.