Ahmet Misbah Demircan

A total of 20 new trees were planted in Istanbul's symbolic Taksim Square by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality late on June 1, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Previously, 30 trees were planted by municipality teams as part of a landscape project in Taksim. A total of 50 trees were planted, including 10 plane trees, 18 oak trees, 17 linden trees and five olive trees. 

Trees will be planted in Istanbul's symbolic Taksim Square after ongoing construction works, Beyoğlu district mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan said on May 28, daily Habertürk reported.

Demircan said there would be trees in Taksim Square and İstiklal Avenue, while adding that there were infrastructural differences between putting up trees in parks and squares.

A statue of 16th century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror) will be erected in Istanbul's Golden Horn, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced on April 1. 

Three children died due to a fire in their house in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district on March 18, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

The fire erupted on the top floor of a four-floor building. Police officers said the children were locked in their apartment as their mother was not in Istanbul and their father, who is a construction worker, was at work.

Investments worth around $10 billion are expected to be made in the central Istanbul district of Beyoğlu over the next three years, Beyoğlu Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan stated on March 1. 

Scores of people have hit the streets of Turkey's major cities to condemn a Dec. 10 attack that was claimed by an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) while expressing defiance as the death toll in the twin bombing attacks in the heart of Istanbul rose to 44.

Crowds rushed to the site in solidarity after a deadly double bomb attack hit central Istanbul outside Beşiktaş's Vodafone Arena Stadium late on Dec. 10. 

People shouted slogans and placed carnations at the scene, where 38 people, of whom 30 were police officers and seven were civilians, lost their lives. At least 155 people were wounded in the attack. 

İstiklal Avenue, the heart of Istanbul, is bleeding. Shops are being closed down. We are all telling each other about how major brands are moving out of the street but we are not actually doing anything about it. 

Bibliopoles from across Turkey have gathered at the 9th Beyo?lu Bibliopole Festival in Istanbul, offering rare and old books, magazines and posters to visitors. 

Istanbul’s central district of Beyoğlu is whetting the appetite of investors, as around half of the 50,000 buildings in the city’s heart of entertainment and arts need to be renewed, Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan has said.