Beyoğlu

A statue of 16th century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror) will be erected in Istanbul's Golden Horn, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced on April 1. 

Three children died due to a fire in their house in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district on March 18, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

The fire erupted on the top floor of a four-floor building. Police officers said the children were locked in their apartment as their mother was not in Istanbul and their father, who is a construction worker, was at work.

Investments worth around $10 billion are expected to be made in the central Istanbul district of Beyoğlu over the next three years, Beyoğlu Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan stated on March 1. 

Scores of people have hit the streets of Turkey's major cities to condemn a Dec. 10 attack that was claimed by an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) while expressing defiance as the death toll in the twin bombing attacks in the heart of Istanbul rose to 44.

İstiklal Avenue, the heart of Istanbul, is bleeding. Shops are being closed down. We are all telling each other about how major brands are moving out of the street but we are not actually doing anything about it. 

The Catoni Group is a company which has been active in these lands in the maritime sector since 1846.

Jonathan Beard, the head of the board, is the fifth generation.

"My great-grandfathers did not go to Alaska to look for gold but they came to Ottoman lands," said Beard, while speaking last weekend at the conference titled "Levantines of Beyoğlu," organized in Istanbul.