Sarıyer

A high school student was rushed to hospital after an accident at a go-cart track in Istanbul's Sarıyer district on April 8.

The 13th Istanbul Tulip Festival opened on April 3 at the Emirgan Park with the participation of Istanbul Governor Vasip Şahin. As part of the festival, the Istanbul Municipality has decorated many parts of the city with tulips. The festival will continue with various events throughout April. 

Police teams busted a drug gang in Istanbul’s Sarıyer district after seven months of surveillance, apprehending the ring’s female leader and 15 suspects, the Sabah newspaper paper reported on Feb. 22. 

Transportation on the Yenikapı-Hacıosman metro line in Istanbul’s European side is experiencing delays due to technical difficulties, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 30.

A Mongolian-flagged dry cargo vessel built in 1975 split in half off the coast of the Istanbul district of Sarıyer late on Aug. 26.

The 114-meter freighter, named "Leonardo," was heading for repairs before splitting in half off of Demirciköy. 

Eleven crew of the dry cargo vessel were rescued by coastal safety units dispatched from eight coast guard vessels.

Heavy rainfall paralyzed daily life in Istanbul starting in the early hours of July 18 and raised dam levels in the province. Meteorologists described it as the heaviest rainfall in 32 years.

The Istanbul City Lines will launch four more new ferry lines crossing the Bosphorus, covering the period between June 5 and Sept. 17, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The new lines connect neighborhoods on the European and Asian continent of the congested city, running between Eminönü-Sarıyer, Beykoz-Üsküdar, Bostancı-Karaköy, and Ortaköy-Üsküdar. 

An Iranian-origin British owner of a production company and his Kuwaiti business partner were shot dead in Istanbul late on April 29 by masked individuals who opened fire on their vehicle.

The incident occurred at 20:15 p.m. in Istanbul's Maslak Square.

An Iranian-origin British owner of a production company and his Kuwaiti business partner were shot dead in Istanbul late on April 29 by masked individuals who opened fire on their vehicle.

The incident occurred at 20:15 p.m. in Istanbul's Maslak Square.

A Russian naval intelligence ship sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast on April 27 after colliding with a vessel carrying livestock, Turkey's Coast Guard said, noting that all 78 personnel on board were evacuated.

The ship, identified as the Liman, collided with the Togo-flagged Youzarsif H., the authority said on its website.