Bayrampaşa
Istanbul police detain drug smugglers who swallowed 115 condoms
Istanbul police detained two suspects of Nigerian origin who were trying to smuggle drugs in condoms that they later swallowed in Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport on Nov. 11, Doğan News Agency has reported.
In Photos: Two militants killed in operation after attack on Istanbul police station
Two female militants were killed in an operation launched after an attack on a riot police station in Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa district early on March 3. Click for a selection of pictures from the operation
UPD: 5 injured at Bayrampasa metro station bomb blast (see video)
A blast was reported at Bayrampaşa metro station on the European side of Istanbul. As a result of the explosion, the operation of trains has stopped. Initial reports stated that the explosion had been caused by a power transformer and that one person had been killed, however these early reports were negated.