Ümraniye

Central Bank to move to Istanbul in Summer

The Turkish Central Bank will move its headquarters from Ankara to Istanbul this summer, according to an internal e-mail notice reported by the local media on Feb. 14. 

Last year, Central Bank Governor Şahap Kavcıoğlu told the media about plans to relocate the bank's units to the Istanbul Financial Center (IFC), which is still under construction, within 2022.

People swarm streets ahead of Turkey’s weekend curfew

People hit the streets for shopping and catching some sun ahead of a 48-hour curfew to be imposed in 31 provinces of Turkey and that will impact 64 million residents.

The Interior Ministry has declared that bakeries, pharmacies as well as private and public health care institutions will be open during the lockdown.

Regulations under scrutiny following deadly clash between school shuttle companies in Istanbul

The Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education has submitted a report to the Education Ministry asking for school shuttle regulations to be revised following a recent fatal clash between shuttles of separate companies in the premises of a primary school in Istanbul's Ümraniye district, daily Habertürk reported on Sept. 7. 

Eight people detained over shootout between shuttle drivers in Istanbul school garden

A total of eight people involved in an exchange of fire in the garden of a primary school in Istanbul were detained on Sept. 6.

Detention warrants were also issued for four other suspects in connection to the incident, which occurred in Istanbul's Ümraniye district. 

Man detained after dismantling Atatürk bust in Istanbul

Police on Aug. 11 detained a man who dismantled the bust of Atatürk at a schoolyard in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul.

The Istanbul security general directorate issued a statement saying the Atatürk bust in the schoolyard of the Yukarı Dudullu 75. Yıl Primary School was dismantled at around 2.15 a.m.

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