Buca

A well-known prison in the Aegean province of İzmir has been closed after hosting more than 600,000 inmates in 62 years.

The İzmir Closed and Open Penitentiary Institution, also known as the Buca Prison, which was evacuated after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred last year, was shut down following an approval of the Justice Ministry.

Bad weather disrupted life in the western province of İzmir on Jan. 27, when sudden heavy rainfall and storm hit several districts, flooding houses and shops and knocking down trees.

The floods particularly battered the Karşıyaka district, where the waters of the Aegean Sea overflowed the shore and swept through the streets, submerging vehicles.

A local man living in the Aegean province of İzmir's Buca district is creating sculptures in isolation of soldiers who have put their lives on the line fighting against terrorism.

An explosion occurred during the passage of a prison bus in the Aegean province of İzmir on Aug. 31. Numbers of security forces and ambulances were dispatched to the scene, Hurriyet reported.

The explosion occurred in a garbage container during the passage of a prison bus in İzmir's Buca district.

An investigation has been opened after three secondary school students were allegedly subjected to a naked-body search after being accused of theft in the Aegean province of İzmir on March 15, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Some 40 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects allegedly linked to the Jan. 1 Reina nightclub shooting were detained early on Jan. 4 in the Aegean province of İzmir, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Twenty children - nine boys and 11 girls, mostly from Eastern Turkestan, Dagestan and Kyrgyzstan - were reportedly among the detainees.

At least 22 suspects have been detained in the Aegean province of ?zmir in a police operation against purported members of what President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government have called the ?Pro-Fetullahist Terrorist Organization.?