Istanbul

A ceremony to remember the sinking of the Struma vessel, in which 764 Jews died in the Black Sea while trying to escape the Holocaust, was held in Istanbul Feb. 24.

One worker died on Feb. 23 after falling through an elevator shaft at a construction site in Istanbul, located next to the construction site of Torunlar Center, where 10 workers were killed in a workplace accident last September.

Kanal Istanbul, one of the planned giant projects in the city?s pipeline pushed by the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, will be a canal 43 kilometers long and 400 meters wide with six bridges, according to sources.

Bebek, one of the beautiful neighborhoods on the European shore of the Bosphorus, has joined the list of contentions that pits the municipality against the residents over construction plans.

This time however, the issue might have an international dimension. The debate is neither about the construction of a shopping mall nor a mosque.

"I would walk around in Taksim wearing a skirt, if you can do that..."

For many Turkish men, this is a common phrase they use when they want to assert a claim or make a bet. It has turned into reality when a group of men went to Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square wearing skirts, keeping their word they have been pledging for the past few days on social media.

Three of 25 suspects being tried on manslaughter charges in the case of an elevator accident that cost 10 lives last year in Istanbul were released Feb. 20, meaning no suspects remain behind bars in the trial.

Oktay Saral, a deputy from Turkey's ruling AKP, has claimed responsibility for punching opposition deputies during a heated parliamentary session, while also throwing a gavel at them 'reflexively' A member of parliament from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has claimed responsibility for punching opposition deputies during a heated parliamentary session, while also thr

The heavy snowfall that has been paralyzing Istanbul over the past three days has broken a 28-year record in the city, according to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

A lawsuit has been opened against the owner of a facility that rented a sea bicycle to a group of five men who went missing in Istanbul last year, with the prosecutor seeking up to 15 years in prison on charges of reckless homicide.

Istanbul's Topkap? Palace Museum is hosting a new exhibition, featuring the 500-year history of Turkish coffee. Organized in collaboration with the Turkish Coffee Culture and Research Association, the exhibition, titled "A Drop of Pleasure: 500 years of Turkish Coffee" opened on Feb. 17 at the museum's Has Ah?rlar section with the attendance of Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik.