Istanbul hospital

Rasim Öztekin, a beloved Turkish television, theater and movie actor, passed away on March 8 at the age of 62.

Öztekin died at an Istanbul hospital following a heart attack on March 7, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Twitter.

"He was a family member in every home with a television," Koca said.

Zozo Toledo, 83, known as Turkey's first paparazzo and who has worked for Hürriyet daily for many years, has died in an Istanbul hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19.

The 83-year-old journalist, who was buried in the Hasköy Jewish Cemetery, photographed many famous names and Hollywood stars, including Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery.

An Istanbul hospital announced on March 19 that Aytaç Yalman, a former commander of the Turkish land forces, has died from the coronavirus. There had been days-long speculations over the medical reason behind his death.

Volunteers from the Hope Foundation for Children with Cancer (KAÇUV) have been working to cheer up children battling cancer at an Istanbul hospital.

KAÇUV volunteers have prepared a room of the hospital as a "playroom" for the children. In the room, they play games and spend time with fun activities.

A Bosnian baby is on the road to vitality thanks to a cardiac surgery in Turkey.

Adijan — just 43 days old and having suffered from a congenital heart defect — underwent a successful operation in an Istanbul hospital.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on April 10 ordered for Turkey to pay compensation to a family for the violation of the "right to respect private and family life" over a case claiming an Istanbul hospital had made an "erroneous prenatal diagnosis" in 1997.

The social worker who notified the prosecutor’s office about an Istanbul hospital’s failure to report underage pregnant girls to the authorities spoke to Hürriyet on Jan. 18, describing her shock in the face of such a scandal, which has shaken Turkey.

An Istanbul hospital that treated 115 pregnant underage girls, including 39 Syrian nationals, between Jan. 1 and May 9 last year, failed to notify the authorities, which is a legal requirement for treating pregnant girls younger than 18 years-old.

On his to-do list for his trip to Istanbul, Palestinian tourist Jameel wants to visit the Blue Mosque and take a tour on the Bosphorus, like any other tourist.     

But he has one more, less conventional purpose -- to have 1,500 strands of hair implanted one by one, in an increasingly popular anti-hair loss treatment in the Turkish metropolis.     

During the relatively calm days of Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice), an unpleasant incident made Turkey's breaking news. A young woman, working as a nurse in an Istanbul hospital, was physically attacked in a public bus merely because she was wearing shorts. The attacker, who denounced her supposedly immodest dress, yelled at her, called her a "devil," and then kicked her in the face.