Bağcılar Municipality

After bagging three gold and two bronze medals in world championships in a decade, paralympian athlete Zübeyde Süpürgeci now eyes winning a gold medal in the World Para Athletic Championships in Paris in July 2023.

Turks have flocked to the streets to mark the anniversary of the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, widely believed to have been orchestrated by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has previously called on citizens in all 81 provinces of Turkey to participate in "democracy watches."

Municipalities in Istanbul have started a drive to protect stray cats from heavy snowfall and storms that have lasted for nearly a week and severely affected life in Turkey's largest city.