Anatolia Cafe & Cuisine will soft-open in University City on April 18. Why it matters: Owner Mehmet Tarhan hopes the new ...

As a neurosurgeon, Hamza Shaikh handles his share of emergencies. In his new sideline as a coffee shop owner, he faced his ...

The owners of Haraz Coffee House in University City hope their business becomes a late-night hangout spot for people who ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers’ union reported, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests triggered by the ...

But crowds in some cities have been chanting anti-government slogans and, in Istanbul, they hung banners of Imamoglu and the nation’s founding leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk alongside Turkish flags.

Istanbul streets flooded after Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest. Imamoglu, a key opposition figure, faces charges of corruption, fraud, and links to the PKK. Large crowds protested his arrest ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a huge crackdown to strengthen his grip on power by detaining his most serious political rival, raiding the homes of 106 opponents and banning ...

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Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called "a ...

Ekrem Imamoglu speaks to supporters in Istanbul, January 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN. The Turkish lira took an immediate dive on Wednesday morning after the detention of the opposition’s ...