Beşiktaş

Court rules to keep 44 suspects behind bars in ISIL nightclub attack case

An Istanbul court on July 18 ruled for the continuation of the detention of 44 suspects in a case of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy district in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2017 that killed 39 people.

The coup attempt has still not fully been clarified after two years

It was a nightmare. When it started with road blocks on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul and jets flying over the Turkish Parliament in Ankara at around 9 p.m. on July 15, 2016, many of us wished it was something else; many of us thought the time of coup d'états was over. 

Reina attack survivor was asked in Istanbul case whether he is a CIA agent

Jake Raak, one of the survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on Istanbul's Reina nightclub on New Year's Day in 2017, was asked at the March 27 court hearing in the case "whether he was an intelligence agent" or an "employee of the U.S. government."

Restoration of historic Istanbul high school building with heavy equipment stirs debate

An ongoing restoration at Istanbul’s famous Kabataş High School (“Kabataş Erkek Lisesi” in Turkish) being carried out with heavy construction equipment has stirred debate in Turkey, as experts say the school’s building, listed as a historic one, has “irreversibly” been damaged. 

Istanbul’s Beşiktaş-Adalar winter ferry line cancelled, other services reduced

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) run City Lines has announced a suspension of ferry services between the Beşiktaş district on Istanbul’s European side and the Princes’ Islands (“Adalar” in Turkish) from Jan. 1 until June 3 later this year.

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