Mehmet Koçarslan

Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş has denied any plans to construct a mosque on Galatasaray islet in Istanbul's Bosphorus after some of the buildings on the piece of land were demolished late in May in remarks that came after the proposal of an independent municipal council member.

An independent municipal council member on June 13 proposed the construction of a mosque on Galatasaray islet in Istanbul's Bosphorus after some of the buildings on the piece of land were demolished late in May.

A number of parts of buildings on the Galatasaray Islet in Istanbul's Bosphorus were demolished early on May 28, after the rejection of an evacuation order by one of its tenants, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
 

An Istanbul prosecutor has demanded 40 aggravated life sentences and at least 1,555 years in jail for an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacker who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on Jan. 1, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The co-owner of the Reina nightclub, which was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Jan. 1, has said he no longer wishes to provide entertainment in a place in which a total of 39 people died and 65 people were wounded. 

An attacker killed at least 35 people, including a police officer, in a gun attack held on Reina, a popular night club in Istanbul, Governor Vasip Şahin said early on Jan. 1 live. 

Dozens of people were also wounded in the attack that was carried out before 1:30 a.m., local broadcasters have reported. 

An attacker killed at least 39 people, including a police officer, in a gun attack held on Reina, a popular night club in Istanbul, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on Jan. 1. A total of 15 of foreigners were among the ones killed in Istanbul attack, Soylu also said. Minister Soylu said that the search to apprehend the attacker is ongoing.