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An Istanbul court on Friday remanded in custody twoforeign nationals linked to the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub on NewYear's Eve, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Two suspects Omar Asim and Abuliezi Abuduhamiti, who are Chinesecitizens, are accused of "being member of an armed terror organization," and"helping 39 times first-degree-murder". 

A man who kicked an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant during an attack in the famous Istanbul nightclub Reina at New Year's has said he would have killed the attacker if he knew the militant was alone. 

U.S. Consul-General to Istanbul Jennifer Davis visited on Jan. 6 the scene of a deadly terror attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub in which 39 people were killed and dozens were wounded.

Davis first stood for a minute of silence at the entrance to the nightclub in the Ortaköy neighborhood before laying flowers.

The Turkish government has announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who attacked the famous nightclub Reina at Istanbul's Ortaköy was probably an Uighur. 

Nightclubs and coffee shops in Istanbul have been affected by the deadly terror attack at the Reina nightclub that killed 39 people and wounded 65 early on Jan. 1.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who staged an attack on Istanbul's Reina nightclub in the early hours of Jan. 1 looks like a professional who received military training on how to use a weapon, according to security experts. 

Religious and political leaders have marked the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in Istanbul's Ortaköy neighborhood, underlining the importance of the Jewish community for Turkey.

The grave of the Ottoman Armenian Balyan family in Istanbul's Bağlarbaşı district, on the Asian side of the city, was recently rebuilt as a mausoleum. The Balyan family, who left their marks in many 19th century works of architecture certainly deserve such a mausoleum. 

The fishing season has started and the bonito fish is knocking on our door. But do not rush to eat the first bonitos of the season that have survived the massacres of illegal fishing. This fish will become much tastier in one week. For one week, try to absorb this information about bonito and hang on…

A dead toddler whose body was recovered off the shore of Istanbul's European neighborhood of Ortaköy has been identified as a Syrian child who was reported missing on Dec. 16.

Istanbul Homicide Bureau launched an investigation on Dec. 29 in order to identify the dead child who was believed to be 3 or 4 years of age.