Beşiktaş

 Istanbul's Beşiktaş Municipality has announced that it has initiated necessary efforts to place dumpsters underground in order to prevent environmental and visual pollution.

Ongoing excavations in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district are offering surprising and significant clues about the history of the ancient city, with one archeologist boasting the district as "Istanbul's Göbeklitepe."

Istanbul’s Beşiktaş mayor Murat Hazinedar and two municipal council members were dismissed from their duties on Jan. 4 by the Turkish Interior Ministry.

Beşiktaş hopes to put an end to Porto's record of never having lost to the Turkish opposition in eight previous matches when it visits the Portuguese side's Dragao Stadium in a UEFA Champions League Group G opener on Sept. 13.

The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day celebrations scheduled to be held in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district on May 19 have been banned by the Istanbul Governor's Office, Beşiktaş Mayor Murat Hazinedar has said, while Istanbul Governor Vasip Şahin said he did not have any information on the issue. 

A total of 38 people were detained in Istanbul over protesting the Supreme Election Board's (YSK) last-minute decision to accept unstamped ballots as valid in the April 16 constitutional referendum.

Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) provincial manager Mesut Geçgel is among those detained in an operation carried out by anti-terror police on April 19, daily Birgün reported. 

Fans poured onto the pitch at the Europa League clash between Lyon and Beşiktaş, delaying the start of a violence-hit, high-risk match as European football suffered another body blow on April 13.

My heart sank when I saw the photograph of the yellow "dolmuş" burnt to ashes after the explosions in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district near the Vodafone Arena Stadium because I live in Beşiktaş and I regularly take these "chartered yellow cabs" that shuttle between Beşiktaş and Taksim. 

The main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) Beşiktaş district mayor Murat Hazinedar said on Oct. 14 that he has been referred to the party's disciplinary committee for insulting three party members.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has launched an investigation into Murat Hazinedar, the mayor of the Istanbul district of Beşiktaş, on claims of corruption.
"The CHP Central Executive Board has decided to refer our Beşiktaş mayor to the disciplinary committee," CHP Deputy Chair and Spokesperson Selin Sayek Böke said after the board meeting on Oct. 13.