Misbah Demircan

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. 

Istanbul's historic district of Beyoğlu under Mayor Misbah Demircan has set a custom that suits Istanbul's history well by starting the "Beyoğlu Conversations."

Consuls general from 19 countries in Istanbul, as well as three Istanbul district mayors, marched against terrorism on March 22 on Istanbul's ?stiklal Avenue, the scene of a suicide attack on March 19 that killed five and wounded more than 30.

A five-story building collapsed on Feb. 12 off bustling ?stiklal Avenue near Istanbul's Taksim Square in the city's Beyo?lu district.

The building located on Kurabiye Street, which connects to Istanbul's most crowded pedestrian street, ?stiklal Avenue, collapsed at around 2:30 p.m., around fifteen minutes after a cracking noise was heard, witnesses said.