İmamoğlu was arrested last week on corruption charges and booted out of his office as Istanbul mayor. Widely viewed as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İmamoğlu was on Monday officially nominated as a presidential candidate.

Turkish authorities detained a lawyer representing imprisoned and ousted Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a member of parliament from İmamoğlu's main opposition party said on Friday. Lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan has been detained on "fabricated" charges,

Authorities have detained a lawyer for jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu, an MP of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said

Supporters of the political opposition are finding ways to fight back after the government jailed the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

It followed months of escalating legal harassment of me, culminating in the abrupt revocation of my university diploma 31 years after I had graduated. Authorities seemed to believe this would disqualify me from the race because the Constitution requires the president to have a degree in higher education.