Istanbul police

Thousands of people gathered in the bazaar area in Istanbul's Bak?rköy district to mark International Workers' Day on May 1. 

The celebrations started around 1 p.m. with the participation of political parties, unions and non-governmental organizations. 

The police conducted security checks in the entrance of the bazaar area, while the police helicopters patrolled the area. 

A total of 26 former police officers, including former police chiefs, went on trial on April 19 on charges of negligence in the 2007 assassination of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink that sent shockwaves around the country.

Istanbul police on April 8 seized seven shotguns and 16 handguns at a youth association which is suspected to have links with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Police raided the ?ehremini Youth and anti-Drug Association in the Fatih district and the homes of its founders upon an anonymous tip that guns were stashed in the association's building. 

A man linked to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen will not be extradited to Turkey, a Bulgarian court has ruled.

Abdullah Büyük is a businessman who owns a domain name registration company and has demanded political asylum in Bulgaria, being sought for "terrorism" charges, private NOVA TV station reports.

Private broadcasters Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, which were owned by the alleged Gülen-linked Koza ?pek Media Group, were shut down on Feb. 29.

In addition, the operations of Koza ?pek Media Group ended as of Feb. 29. Employees have packed up their belongings from the building.

An intercity ferry carrying passengers from Istanbul to the northwestern province of Bursa was searched late Feb. 28 due to a bomb hoax, Do?an News Agency has reported. Two suspects were detained over the incident.

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Tensions ran high on Feb. 17 during the first hearing in the trial of a police officer charged with killing of a young woman during an anti-terror raid on her house, as police officers detained 22 protesters in front of the courthouse.

Istanbul police seized 2,700 prescription drugs, including ones to treat cancer and diabetes, before the goods were smuggled to Egypt and Syria during a raid on Feb. 16 on an organized gang.

Four of the assailants who launched petrol bomb and gun attacks on the offices of two Turkish newspapers have been identified, a police source said on Feb. 12.