A qualified naval engineer, Mr Aslan has served as a district councillor in various districts of Istanbul since the late 1990s, and has been the city council deputy chairman since April 2024.

More than 1,100 people have been arrested as tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest against the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu on corruption charges decried as politically motivated ...

A Turkish court on Thursday freed seven journalists detained for covering mass protests roiling the country including AFP ...

Two Istanbul district mayors were also jailed and removed from their posts, bringing the total removed by the government in recent months to four. All of the ousted mayors are from Mr. Imamoglu ...

The mayors of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality and two districts have been suspended from office, the Interior Ministry announced. All three were remanded in custody early today as part of ...