Abdulkadir Demir

An Istanbul court on June 17 ordered the arrest of Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, the son-in-law of Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbaş, and former Istanbul police chief Hüseyin Çapkın on June 17 for the second time after they had been previously arrested over links to the Gülen movement blamed on the July 2016 failed coup attempt.

Former Istanbul police chief Hüseyin Çapkın surrendered to police late on June 16 after a court in issued an arrest warrant earlier in the day for alleged links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).

Çapkın arrived with his lawyer at the police station on Istanbul's Vatan Street to surrender.

An Istanbul court on June 16 issued a fresh arrest warrant for Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş's son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, whose swift release triggered outrage from the public.

An Istanbul prosecutor sought three aggravated life imprisonments for 15 suspects including former Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu and former Istanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın on June 8 over their suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), Doğan News Agency has reported. 

A district administration in the Black Sea province of Tokat has decided to start using two multicopter drones to prevent the traditional firing of weapons during weddings.

Shooting guns or rifles in the air in celebration remains a tradition in some parts of Turkey, especially in rural areas. Many people are accidentally wounded or killed in these shootings.