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Turkey's Council of State has annulled a former ruling of an Istanbul administrative court which barred reconstruction projects in Istanbul's Beyo?lu district, providing the legal ground for projects such as a plan to construct a mosque, shopping mall and multi-story building in the historical neighborhood. 

The Istanbul Police Department has issued of bomb attack warnings on crowded places in central Istanbul, such as metro stations and bus stops, several media reports said, in an unclear, controversial move in the wake of the Suruç bombing that left dozens dead and more than a hundred others injured near Turkey's southeastern border early last week.

The colorful stairs of Istanbul?s central Karaköy neighborhood, which stood as lively remnants of the anti-government Gezi Park protests, are being demolished by the Beyo?lu Municipality at the request of the district?s residents. 

Hüseyin Çetinel, who originally painted the stairs its rainbow colors, stressed the move was in response to the demands of the neighborhood?s residents.

An Ankara Criminal Court of Peace has approved a decision by the country's government-controlled internet watchdog to block nearly 100 Kurdish and left wing websites on the grounds of making terrorist propaganda.

"Have you ever wished to have a place to publish your complaint or your vision for your city? Have you ever found yourself having a good idea for your neighborhood but no one to address it to?" asks Istanbul's new urban initiative, Nextistanbul, on its website, while offering to "give you the possibility to get active."

As Turkish fighter jets bombed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey blocked number of Kurdish news websites and many users had difficulty in accessing Twitter and Facebook for an unspecified reason.

One of the world?s oldest luxury hotels, the Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah in Istanbul, will host the ?Black Week Turkey? event on Oct. 22-24 in honor of Agatha Christie?s 125th birthday with the attendance of the famous author?s grandson and a number of leading crime fiction authors. 

Turkey?s Council of State reversed its previous decision to cancel the controversial pedestrianization project around Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square, expressing support for the construction of the replica of an Ottoman artillery barracks over Gezi Park, daily Cumhuriyet reported July 15. 

In a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, a Turkish man has killed a wounded foe in the street near a shrine dedicated to the founders of the Ottoman Empire.

An argument between a carpenter and building contractors turned into a gunfight in the western province of Bursa on July 13, Do?an News Agency reported. 

A university student who was repeatedly assaulted by police during the 2013 Gezi protests in Eski?ehir was beaten by officers after they determined his location by tapping his phone, a police report has revealed.