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VIDEO: 18 injured after Istanbul public bus crashes on ferry docks

Several people were injured Aug. 1 after a public bus failed to stop and crashed into a small café next to the ferry docks of Kabataş in Istanbul.

The accident occurred around 8:45 a.m. after the driver of the bus commuting between Kabataş and the European suburb of Kağıthane lost control of the bus due to unknown reasons as he was approaching the last stop.

Syrian refugees hold on to life with locals’ help on Istanbul sidewalks

Syrians fleeing their country’s conflict have found some respite in Istanbul, but many compatriots are not so lucky

Syrian families who have fled their country due to ongoing war have found shelter on Istanbul sidewalks and parks, clutching onto life with the help of locals, but others face harsher conditions elsewhere in Turkey.

Hürrem sultan’s palace to be preserved

The palace where the wife of Süleyman the Magnificent, Hürrem Sultan, lived in Edirne has been under restoration since 2009, and is set to be opened to the public soon Edirne Palace, located next to the River Tunca in the western province of Edirne, is currently under restoration and will soon be opened to the public, along with its surrounding area.

Footballer denies he will remove his tattoos after PM Erdoğan's rebuke

A Turkish footballer has denied reports suggesting that he accepted to remove his tattoos, following a rebuke by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"Please don't take every article in the media seriously. I neither considered nor told that I would remove my tattoos. Each of them has a special meaning to me," 18-year-old Galatasaray footballer Berk Yıldız tweeted.

Turkey’s celebrity preachers to earn fortune this Ramadan

A handful of Islamic preachers in Turkey will earn more than a million Turkish Liras with their special shows on Turkish TV screens throughout Ramadan this year, which will start on June 28.

Top of the list is Islamic scholar Nihat Hatipoğlu, who has clinched a contract worth 600,000 liras with ATV for 30 episodes of his trademark Ramadan program, according to daily Vatan.

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