Esenler

Consuls general from 19 countries in Istanbul, as well as three Istanbul district mayors, marched against terrorism on March 22 on Istanbul's ?stiklal Avenue, the scene of a suicide attack on March 19 that killed five and wounded more than 30.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took time out of a stroll through Istanbul’s Esenler district on Nov. 2 to take umbrage with a man smoking a cigarette in a nearby café before ordering the municipal patrol to fine him.