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New details have emerged in the investigation into the armed attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul's Sarıyer district during Sunday service last week, shedding light on the events surrounding the deadly incident.

Officials have begun checking supermarkets to see if they reduced the prices after the government cut the value-added tax (VAT) on food products, while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said those who do not comply will face penalties.

The Afghan leader of a drug and crime organization, "Lions-Cartel," said to be involved in more than 30 crimes in Germany, has been detained in an operation in Istanbul.

Sanger Ahmadi was caught in a hotel in the metropolis' Bahçelievler district with four other members of the gang.

Ankara's first cat cafe, which was closed for a long time as part of the COVID-19 pandemic measures, has reopened its doors to customers and stray cats as part of the normalization process.

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.

A seven-storied building in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district collapsed on Feb. 14, causing damage on the adjacent buildings.

The 30-year-old building was evacuated last month due to security risks, so there were no residents in the building at the time of the collapse, the governor's office said.

A fire that broke out at a brewery in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district has been brought under control after a one-and-half-hour extinguishing work.

A teenager has killed his classmate by assaulting him with a shotgun in a street in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district. 

Christmas celebrations at the Istanbul High School, a German-language high school established over 100 years ago, have allegedly been cancelled, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Dpa) reported on Dec. 18. 

Yet another journalist has been detained in Turkey for social media postings and is being interrogated by counter-terrorism police in Istanbul.