Buca

A well-known prison in the Aegean province of İzmir has been closed after hosting more than 600,000 inmates in 62 years.

The İzmir Closed and Open Penitentiary Institution, also known as the Buca Prison, which was evacuated after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred last year, was shut down following an approval of the Justice Ministry.

Heavy rain and strong winds have been battering Turkey's west for the past three days, disrupting daily life everywhere from Istanbul to İzmir, with at least five people injured due to floods and storms.

The bad weather disrupted life in Istanbul on Jan. 12, when heavy rainfall hit several districts, flooding houses and shops and leaving vehicles stranded in traffic.

A local man living in the Aegean province of İzmir's Buca district is creating sculptures in isolation of soldiers who have put their lives on the line fighting against terrorism.

A total of 10 people were wounded due to an explosion while a prison bus was passing in the Aegean province of İzmir on Aug. 31. There were no casualties reported.

Three suspected militants of the outlawed group Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) were caught in an operation on early April 5 in the Aegean province of ?zmir as they were preparing a bomb attack on the city.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has approved the two aggravated life sentences handed down to a Turkish man who killed his Irish girlfriend's mother and one of her friends in 2011.