İstanbul Metro

Five new metro lines will run in Istanbul in the coming days, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş has said. 

Topbaş said the instructions of the new metro lines will begin as soon as the tender process finalizes. 

An underwater pedestrian tunnel connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides will go out to tender on March 27. 

The two-kilometers tunnel, with a diameter between 12 and 15 meters, will connect the Kabataş district on the European side to Üsküdar district on the Asian side and will include moving walkways as well as bicycle and electric vehicle lanes. 

The very first marriage in a subway station in Turkey was solemnized on Oct. 30, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Alper Odabaşı and Yeşim Demiray married at the observation terrace of the Haliç Station on the Golden Horn, after permission was granted by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) will launch a tender for an air rail system to link two rapidly developing urban areas on the European side of the city. 

The open tender for the Başakşehir-Halkalı route will be held on Nov. 14, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 20. 

Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topba? announced on April 20 that eight new metro lines along with a pedestrian sub-sea tunnel are planned to be built in his third term, which he described as his "master term." 

While submitting the 2015 Action Report to the municipal council, Topba? spoke about his plans for his third term.  

 A key road in the central Mecidiyeköy neighborhood of Istanbul will be closed starting from March 5 as part of metro construction work in the area, which is expected to last 410 days and add even more traffic to the already busy spot. 

Heavy rain in Istanbul affected sites on the European and Anatolian sides of Istanbul, filling a newly built tunnel in Taksim and flooding Üsküdar district.

The tunnel in Istanbul?s touristic Taksim district, which was recently built as part of the controversial Taksim pedestrianization project, was flooded following a day of heavy rain. 

Transport Minister Feridun Bilgin has said preparation works are ongoing for a new metro line between the Kaynarca district on Istanbul?s Asian side and Sabiha Gökçen Airport. 

A Gülermak-YSE consortium won the tender to construct the line, Bilgin stated, adding that the land has been officially submitted to the consortium to start construction works. 

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has announced plans for a tender for two new metro lines in September.

"A tender will be held for the subway lines between Ataköy-?kitelli on the European side and Dudullu-Bostanc? on the Asian side in September," Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topba? said in a statement released Aug. 12.

A private university is to be built on a previously protected forest area in the Beykoz district of Istanbul, after a construction firm received special permission from the Environment and Urbanization Ministry, opposing a decision made by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (?BB) to keep the area protected from construction.