Murat Hazinedar

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

The mayor of Istanbul's Beşiktaş district has apologized over a tweet shared on the municipality's Twitter account celebrating LGBT Pride Week.

The Beşiktaş Municipality on June 19 had shared the image of an LGBT flag hung on the façade of its building with a caption reading "We are the soldiers of Freddie Mercury."

The tweet was deleted from the account after a few hours.

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. 

Scores of people have hit the streets of Turkey's major cities to condemn a Dec. 10 attack that was claimed by an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) while expressing defiance as the death toll in the twin bombing attacks in the heart of Istanbul rose to 44.

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.

Turkey's Jewish citizens have lit the menorah during the first public celebration of Hanukkah in the republic's history, which was held in Istanbul's Ortaköy district with the attendance of state officials. 

Istanbul's Be?ikta? Municipality has change the name of a street in the district to "Bar??-A?iti," meaning "peace" in Turkish and Kurdish. The move comes as an expression of solidarity with the municipality in the violence-hit southeastern province of Hakkari. 

An Istanbul court has postponed the trial of 35 members of a Be?ikta? football fan group, çAr??, who are accused of organizing a plot to topple the government during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. 

At the Barbaros Square near the Beşiktaş ferry station, a neighborhood in central Istanbul, you should definitely go and see the world photographs exhibited in containers.

The name of the exhibition is “Cities and Stories.” It will be open until Nov. 18.

At the Barbaros Square near the Beşiktaş ferry station, a neighborhood in central Istanbul, you should definitely go and see the world photographs exhibited in containers.