Istanbul police

One person has been killed and four have been taken into custody in clashes between police and suspected members of the outlawed Revolutionary Patriotic Youth Movement (YDG-H) in Istanbul's Esenler district.

Istanbul police used tear gas on Aug. 7 against a group of lawyers who had attempted to read a press statement about lawyer Deniz Sürgüt, who is under arrest in the southeastern province of ??rnak.

Istanbul police have begun stopping and inspecting a specific type of vehicle on an Istanbul highway after receiving a bomb notice.

Cube trucks of a specific make and model have been inspected at the Çaml?ca toll booths, with special operations police officers taking part in the controlled operation, Cihan News Agency reported Aug. 7.

Turkey's state intelligence agency MIT and Istanbul police have warned of possible terror attacks in major cities following military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, todayszaman.com reported on Monday.

A suspect, who staged an attack at an Istanbul police station and had previously shot a police officer, was sentenced to aggravated life sentence for "attempting to change the constitutional order," and more than 168 years on multiple charges linked to the incidents. 

Turkey has launched a probe on an attack on Korean tourists, who were mistaken for being Chinese, in Istanbul, as China rules out claims of discrimination against its Uighur minorities. 

The relations between China and Turkey have been strained over Turkish media reports suggesting that Uighurs are currently banned from worship and fasting during the Muslim month of Ramadan.

Istanbul police attacked with tear gas and water cannon on June 28 to disperse LGBTI Pride Parade participants before a much-anticipated march even started, as celebrants were ready with rainbow-colored flags and placards to march along Istanbul's central ?stiklal Avenue.

Istanbul police have identified and detained a suspect, who recently shot a retired colonel living undercover, who was the lead commander of a military operation in which 10 student members of an illegal revolutionary group were killed in 1972, thanks to the backpack of the suspect. 

It was as if there was an undeclared curfew. Early in the morning [May 31], Istanbul police closed down all major roads leading to Gezi Park, the sparking point of the 2013 nationwide anti-government protests. Why? The obsessive majoritarian government of the elected neo-sultan did not want people gather and remember the nine young sons of this country who fell victim to brutal governance.

Taksim Square and Gezi Park, in addition to numerous other roads and streets, have been closed to the public on the second anniversary of the anti-government Gezi protests which spread across Turkey in protest at decisions taken under then-PM Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's leadership.