Istanbul

Police apprehend suspected planner of Istanbul nightclub attack

Turkish police have apprehended one of the alleged planners of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a famous nightclub at the heart of Istanbul. 

The prosecutor's office has announced that a Turkish-origin French citizen, A.S., was caught in Istanbul on Feb. 12.

948 detained over terror propaganda on social media after Istanbul twin bombings

A total of 948 people have been detained after twin bombings in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul in December 2016 which claimed 46 lives over the past two months for allegedly providing support to terror or disseminating terror propaganda through social media, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 8.

11 arrested over Istanbul nightclub attack, including attacker's wife

A total of eleven people have been arrested over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a famous nightclub at the heart of Istanbul. Reina attacker Abdulkadir Masharipov's wife Zarina Nurullayeva was among those arrested over the attack, which claimed the lives of 39 people, while wounding 65 others.

Disabled woman 'raped in Istanbul mall restroom'

A wheelchair-bound woman suffering from a severe muscular disease has been raped in the toilet of a shopping mall in Istanbul, with the suspect going on trial claiming "consent."

The 39-year-old woman, who lives with her family in Istanbul, was bound to a wheelchair after being diagnosed with a muscular disease 12 years ago.

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