ISTANBUL

A Turkish man blocked a highway in Istanbul with a seven-car convoy in order to propose to his girlfriend, but ended up getting arrested. 

The man, with help from six of his friends, formed a convoy and closed the D-100 highway in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district on Aug. 8.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has announced plans for a tender for two new metro lines in September.

"A tender will be held for the subway lines between Ataköy-?kitelli on the European side and Dudullu-Bostanc? on the Asian side in September," Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topba? said in a statement released Aug. 12.

After the preliminary auditions of the 8th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Warsaw, and Istanbul, 42 singers from 14 different nations will come to Istanbul to compete in the final series The countdown has begun for the 8th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition final series.

At least 13 suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were detained in operations across Turkey on Aug. 12.  

Police detained the suspects in coordinated dawn raids in the capital Ankara, Istanbul, the province of Hatay near the Syrian border, and the Central Anatolian province of K?r?kkale, Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish artist Erdal ?nci?s ?Clones Project? video series can be visited at Zorlu PSM in Istanbul until Aug. 28.

Here are 10 of ?nci?s mesmerizing GIFs which he shot and ?cloned? in Turkey, originally published on artnivo.com.

1) Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (Istanbul)

2) Istiklal Avenue (Istanbul)

3) Taksim Square (Istanbul)

4) Galata Tower  (Istanbul)

An exhibition showcasing award-winning photographs from the recent Istanbul Photo Awards, organized by the state-run Anadolu Agency, opened at ?zmir?s Adnan Menderes Airport on Aug. 11.

The Istanbul Photo Awards is Turkey?s only news photograph contest held at an international level, receiving approximately 12,000 applications from 104 countries.

Passersby have saved a tourist?s car from falling backwards into the Bosphorus in central Istanbul by sitting on the front of the car until the arrival of a lifting crane.
The tourists, who were visiting a museum in the Be?ikta? district on the European side of Istanbul, had parked their rental car near the Bosphorus but forgot to secure the handbrake before exiting the vehicle.

Ali Öz, a man who had been taking care of pigeons that Turkey?s important guests, including Popes, have flown as a symbol of peace, has passed away in Istanbul.

Syrian migrants who are attempting to enter ?zmir in preparation for journeys to Greece are increasingly being prevented from reaching the Aegean Sea, while others already there are being gathered in a stadium.

The outlawed far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) group aims to destabilize Turkey by targeting the country's key institutions and carrying out assassinations of top officials, Turkish security sources have said.  

The DHKP-C has been listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU.

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