Istanbul police

The death toll had risen to 22 and dozens of others were referred to hospitals on Dec. 5, as a major counterfeit alcohol crisis in Istanbul emerged last week, prompting police to intensify raids.

The Istanbul police have apprehended an ISIL suspect identified as a bomb expert and responsible for training other members of the terrorist organization in explosives, Turkish security sources said on Oct. 6.

The Istanbul police have apprehended Liridon Rexhepi, a Kosovar national identified as orchestrating Mossad's financial network within Türkiye, marking the latest phase in a series of operations against the Israeli spy network.

Eight of the 10 individuals detained in connection with the fatal metrobus collision in Istanbul's Küçükçekmece district were referred to court on Aug. 30.

The incident occurred early on Aug. 29, when two metrobuses collided and skidded into barriers. The crash left 51 people injured, and 22-year-old Ferhat Uçar, who was seriously injured, later died at the hospital.

Police in Turkey have arrested four people in relation to the desecration of Greek community cemetery in Istanbul last week.

Last Friday morning, staff at Aghios Eleftherios Cemetery, which serves the community of Tatavla in the Kurtulus district, noticed that holes had been dug within a fenced-off area of the cemetery.

No damage had been done to graves or the cemetery chapel.

Three suspects wanted in connection to a fatal shooting of a Palestinian businessman in Istanbul have been detained in Romania, Turkish police said late on Aug. 20.

A Palestinian man was shot dead on Aug. 18 evening as he sat in a car in the Kağıthane district when a masked assailant targeted another Palestinian businessman who remains in critical condition.

On August 19, an Arab-Israeli businessman named Abdulkadir Anas was killed in Istanbul by unidentified attackers who have since fled to Bulgaria, BNT reports. The Istanbul police have initiated a large-scale investigation into the shooting, which also injured two other men.

Turkish authorities apprehended three internationally wanted criminals involved in multiple crimes, including drug trafficking, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on July 29.

Turkish security forces have carried out a major operation in Istanbul targeting the financial network of the ISIL terrorist organization, resulting in the detention of several employees from currency exchange offices and foreign trade companies.

An American museum director has been apprehended at Istanbul Airport attempting to smuggle around 1,500 tarantulas and scorpions back to the United States, authorities said on May 13.