Istanbul

Police intervened to disperse a group that had gathered to protest the detention of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers in the Turkish capital Ankara on Nov. 4.

Clashes occurred in Yüksel Street in the central district of Kızılay between protesters and police officers, after police resorted to tear gas to disperse the group.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is set to build 28 transport tunnels across major parts of the city, amounting to 145 kilometers in length and expected to be completed by 2023, pro-government daily Yeni Şafak reported on Oct. 27.

A Turkish journalist has begun a research project in which he collects and analyzes different kinds of waste thrown into dumpsters in various parts of Istanbul and İzmir in a bid to ultimately create Turkey's first waste map.  

The Istanbul Governor's Office has ordered the non-profit Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) to move out of the building it rented for 49 years on the grounds of problems with the right of passage, but the organization's head has claimed the decision is politically motivated rather than a legal dispute. 

Police in Istanbul conducted an operation against a phone scam gang on Oct. 19, detaining 50 suspects, including the five leaders of the group, who were later arrested on charges of forming an illegal organization.

Drugs worth 25 million Turkish Liras were seized in an Oct. 7 operation in Istanbul, with police confiscating 1.1 tons of the chemically modified cannabis-based drug "skunk." 
The raid on the basement of a building in the Bayrampaşa district of Istanbul marked the largest single amount of skunk ever confiscated in Turkey, according to police. 

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan has visited a refugee camp in the Nizip district of the southeastern province of Gaziantep. Lohan met with Syrian refugees during her visit and shared a photo of herself and an aid personnel working in the camp from her Instagram account.
 
"I met a wonderful aid worker (Azize) at The Refugee Camp in Antep," Lohan wrote on Oct. 8.

A radio host was wounded on Oct. 3 in a knife attack by an apparently obsessive fan in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The assailant, identified as Müge Arcan, stabbed radio host Cem Arslan while he was walking after his program ended at a private radio station in the Taksim area at 8:10 p.m.

Turkish police found nearly 240 blank firing guns buried underground in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul late on Sept. 27. The guns were found after an anonymous tip was received by police officers. 

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, who is known for her speculative life, visited Syrian refugees in the Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul on Sept. 26, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Lohan gave presents to Syrian children during her visit to a house, bursting into tears after she saw the refugees' situation.