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The Directorate of Migration Management has refuted claims that all 39 districts of Istanbul are closed to new residence permits for foreigners, clarifying that the ban is still limited to only 10 districts.

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.

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. 

A court in Istanbul on Dec. 28 ordered the arrest of a total of 11 suspects in the case of a bomb-laden minibus found in the Bahçelievler district of Istanbul on Dec. 13, the same day as the extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also in Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Some 10 million Turkish Liras were collected up to Aug. 15 this year in fines imposed on apartments unofficially available for daily rental across Istanbul, and 1,683 such apartments were "red tagged," according to the Istanbul Directorate of Culture and Tourism.

A sergeant and a specialized sergeant were killed while four others were wounded as militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) detonated a homemade bomb in the Bahçelievler neighborhood of the southeastern province of ??rnak on April 19.

Around 50,000 homes will be built on 8.7 million square meters of land that was transferred from the Defense Ministry to Istanbul's Esenler Municipality last year.