Çatalca

The camping sites in Istanbul, which offer an alternative vacation in tents with "fair prices," have become a new trend in the metropolis, with people flocking to the sites in the districts of Şile, Çatalca and Sarıyer.

"The occupancy rate of the camping sites in Istanbul has reached 80 percent for the Eid holiday next week," Demirören News Agency reported on April 29.

Storm heavily battered several provinces in Turkey on Nov. 29 particularly in the Aegean and Marmara regions, killing at least four people in Istanbul and another one in the northern province of Zonguldak, disrupting daily life as well as ferry and sea traffic.

Considered one of the best stunt pilots in the world, Dario Costa made a flight over the Bosphorus, just one day after he broke the world record of the longest tunnel flight made by a plane by going through two tunnels in Istanbul.

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Professional race and stunt pilot Dario Costa broke the world record of the longest tunnel flight made by plane, going through the two tunnels on the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul's Çatalca district.

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Professional race and stunt pilot Dario Costa broke the world record of longest tunnel flight by plane, going through the two tunnels on the Northern Marmara Highway in Istanbul's Çatalca district.

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A total of 56 wild animals which were illegally smuggled into Turkey were seized during a police raid on a farm in Istanbul on April 10, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Police conducted the raid after they were informed about smuggled wild animals at a farm in Istanbul's Çatalca district.

Heavy snowfall and snowstorms have paralyzed life in Turkey, with sub-zero temperatures in many provinces across the country, including the largest city Istanbul.