Ortaköy

The 23rd Bosphorus Cup, one of the world's premier sailing events that transformed Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait into a dynamic theater of sails, took place from Sept. 19 to 22.

The competition saw the participation of over 1,000 sailors from 11 countries, including Bulgaria, Switzerland, the UAE, Russia and the United Kingdom.

The restoration of two iconic Ottoman-era mansions, the Fehime Sultan and Hatice Sultan mansions, also known as Sultan Palaces, located in Ortaköy along the Bosphorus, has been successfully completed.

The palaces, which are considered architectural gems of Istanbul, underwent an extensive restoration process to preserve their historical significance and grandeur.

The call for a boycott of restaurants and cafes due to exorbitant price increases has received a mixed response from consumers and business owners over the weekend.

Social media users initiated the boycott, which was scheduled to take place on April 20-21, to express their discontent with rising prices.

With only a couple of weeks left before the Champions League final to be played on June 10, UEFA has published an Istanbul catalog describing the city as "a truly iconic global gem."

A world-famous motocross rider has crossed the European side of the Istanbul strait reaching the Asian side in 1.5 minutes by riding a specially designed bike on the Marmara Sea for an ice-cream advertisement.

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"It was an unusual experience. Thanks to all who gave me this opportunity," legendary bike-rider Robbie Maddison said at a press conference on Aug. 25.

The Antique and Nostalgia Festival will bring together antique dealers from Beşiktaş, Beyoğlu, Ortaköy, Üsküdar and Kadıköy districts at the Istanbul Naval Museum on March 9. The festival will be open through March 17 between 10 a.m and 5 p.m.

An Istanbul court on July 18 ruled for the continuation of the detention of 44 suspects in a case of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy district in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2017 that killed 39 people.

An exhibition displaying hundreds of pieces related to the Gallipoli Campaign will open in Deriden stores in Istanbul’s Ortaköy neighborhood on March 18

Victims of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a nightclub were commemorated on its first anniversary in Istanbul on Dec. 31, 2017, Hurriyet reported. 

Ibrahimjon Asparov, an alleged accomplice to Abdulgadir Masharipov, the main suspect in the Reina nightclub attack on New Year's Eve, was taken into custody on July 19 in Denmark.