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A ministerial commission including representatives of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, 39 district municipalities, non-governmental organizations, and professional chambers will speed up urban transformation projects in Istanbul, the urbanization minister said on Feb. 21.

Following the killing of 81 horses due to an outbreak of glanders on Dec. 19 in Büyükada, the largest of Istanbul's nine Princes' Islands, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has decided to buy 277 registered horse-drawn carriage plates and the horses in Adalar district.

A workshop on the Kanal İstanbul project - a mega-infrastructure project involving the construction of a 45-kilometer shipping canal in Istanbul parallel to the Bosphorus Strait, was held by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Jan. 10

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Dec. 25 outlined 15 reasons to oppose the planned Kanal Istanbul project.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has decided to close the seafront on the mouth of the Golden Horn to fish sandwich-selling boats.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) has warned against flash floods in the megacity due to a rainfall expected to continue until Aug. 22.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has paid a congratulatory visit to Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on July 5, nearly two weeks after the latter's landslide victory in the June 23 Istanbul election rerun.

A dispute over a Court of Accounts report that purportedly documented the "wasteful spending" of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has resumed after it was brought up at the live TV debate between the two top contenders in the Istanbul mayoral election.

Public beaches run by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality will begin serving this summer on June 4.

The "dubious" elections for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality necessitates a re-vote, and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is sticking by this, the party leader Devlet Bahçeli said in a written statement on May 1.