Istanbul

The current Greek population in Turkey is estimated at fewer than 2,000.  But this population decline was not due to natural causes; the Greek community has become nearly extinct due to many state-sponsored attacks and pressure.

The largest attacks took place during the last years of the Ottoman Empire with pogroms and discrimination continuing until the present day.

We hear of sexual abuse, rapes and violence against women every day. Enough. 

We hear of male violence every day. Yes, this is the name of it: Male violence. 

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.

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who killed 39 people while wounding 65 others in a nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy district on Jan. 1, Abdulkadir Masharipov was arrested on Feb. 11, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who killed 39 people while wounding 65 others in a nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy district on Jan. 1 was referred to court with the prosecutor demanding his arrest on Feb. 11, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Nine suspects who had been detained over suspected links to the Reina nightclub shooting, which claimed at least 39 lives, were arrested to face trial at an Istanbul court on Feb. 8, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

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.

The wife of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who attacked a famous Istanbul nightclub at the heart of the city has said the jihadist group took her 4-year-old son to Iran. 

Seven people were injured in an accident after a shuttle minibus lost control and crashed into a metrobus in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul on Feb. 5. 

The accident occurred at 8:30 a.m. near a metrobus station in Küçükçekmece.

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.