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The oldest tree in Istanbul is a 1,300-year-old oriental plane that is under protection in a forest in the Sarıyer district, according to Süleyman Çoban, an academic from the Cerrahpaşa Forestry Faculty of Istanbul University. (DHA Photo)

A new report shows that the average rent increase in Istanbul has been lingering around 60 percent, while the difference reached 90 percent in some districts, especially in neighborhoods along the Bosphorus Strait and areas with mass housing.

Turkey's real estate investment trust Emlak Konut GYO is poised to put about 35,000 houses on the market starting from the final quarter of this year, its CEO has said.

"We are planning to start selling [houses of] 12 new projects in Istanbul in the final quarter of this year," daily Hürriyet quoted Hakan Gedikli as saying on Sept. 25.

Research led by a Turkish university has concluded that Turkey is a bridge between the East and West with its genetic structure, just like its geography. 

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The prices of the real estate properties in Princes' Islands jumped by some 51.95 percent in a year, making it to the top of the "Istanbul's most valuable districts" list, an expert has said.

The Şile district on the Asian side of the metropolis is a runner-up with an increase of 51.83 percent, while the Sarıyer district on the European side is third on the list with 36.97 percent.

A new exhibition by Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), titled "From the Reformation to the Republic: Master Artists, Artist Students" welcomed visitors on June 1.

In a bid to help children undergoing medical treatments continue their education, a total of 13 volunteer teachers have been imparting in-person education at various hospitals in Istanbul every day amid the ongoing pandemic, an era where people are even scared to go out.

Dubbed as the "Plant Library of Turkey," the Forestry Faculty of Istanbul University, located in Istanbul's Sarıyer district, hosts some 37,000 plant species found in the country's rich flora.

"There are plant samples here in the 'plant library' that have been collected since the 1950s," Ünal Akkemik, an academic from the university, told Demirören News Agency on April 20.

As part of the "Green Crescent Week," the Fatih Sultan Mehmet and Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridges, two of Istanbul's major ones, were lighted green, the symbol color of the Turkish Green Crescent Society.

The NGO's vision is to make Turkey an example and leading country in the fight against addictions while basing its actions on human dignity.

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Women are putting their mark on Istanbul's public transportation, as the number of women drivers working at the Istanbul Metro has risen to 99 out of the total 772.

Carrying commuters all day and working underground in different shifts, women metro drivers strictly oppose being called "vatman," a word of French origin, which means tram drivers, representing male workers.