Çağlayan

Two people have been shot dead while trying to attack a courthouse in Istanbul on Feb. 6, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

The man and woman were killed during an attempt to attack a security checkpoint at the Çağlayan courthouse at 11:46 a.m. local time, the minister posted on social media.

An investigation has been launched into the police officers who conducted the initial examination at the scene of the fatal traffic accident involving the son of the Somali president.

A strange incident occurred at a medal ceremony in the southern province of Antalya when a Turkish and two Kazakh arm wrestlers tried to display their flags while standing at the podium and posing to the international media, in a somewhat battle of whose flag goes in the front.

A view of Çağlayan Waterfall, which flows from a height of about 50 meters, is seen in the Black Sea province of Giresun's Şebinkarahisar district. (AA Photo)

Suspected members of a Russian crime gang detained last week for allegedly planning an armed assault in Istanbul had their first day in court on Feb. 3, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Some 17 defendants, including the group's alleged leader Guram Chikhladze, were sent to Istanbul's Çağlayan Courthouse, Anadolu Agency cited anonymous sources as saying.

The long-awaited new political party set to be officially founded in October, led by former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) lawmaker Meral Akşener, has held its first meeting in Istanbul with the participation of 1,500 supporters.
 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Sept. 21 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and discuss the case of a former Turkish minister, according to Erdoğan. 

U.S. charges against a Turkish former minister over violating U.S. sanctions on Iran are politically motivated, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Sept. 14. 

The Gülen network is using the U.S. judiciary as a tool against Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ claimed on Sept. 11, referring to a recent indictment by U.S. prosecutors who charged a former Turkish minister with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said a person who had once served as a minister in Turkey being tried on corruption charges in another country was shameful, in remarks on the latest indictment against former Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan and three others accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran.