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The 14th Istanbul Biennial is heading into final act, having welcomed 400,000 viewers at 36 venues over the past eight weeks.

"SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms," which is organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) and sponsored by Koç Holding, will close next week. 

A total of four people were injured on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge when a car crashed into a metrobus from behind on Oct. 20, according to initial reports.

Designers, design exhibitions and conferences on design have all come together under the same roof during Istanbul Design Week, which opened on Oct. 14 at the Old Hat Factory (Eski ?apka Fabrikas?).

One of the six suspects transferred to court in the case into the Aug. 20 armed assault targeting the chairman of the Star media outlet Murat Sancak was arrested on Oct. 16.

The 1st criminal court of peace ruled for the arrest of the suspect, identified only by the initials T.Ü., over "attempted voluntary manslaughter," while the other five were released.

Two construction workers were killed on Oct. 14 when the roof of a hospital being constructed in the Marmara province of Bal?kesir collapsed.

Renowned Turkish actor Levent K?rca who died of liver cancer early on Oct. 12 in Istanbul at age of 67, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Oct. 13 after a funeral ceremony in Levent Mosque. 

K?rca has put his mark on an era in Turkey?s political satire in 1990s with his satirical TV sketch called ?Olacak O Kadar,? touching on the public?s problems in a critical and comedic way.

Russia has delayed a planned observation flight over Turkey upon a received request from Turkish authorities, Interfax reported on Oct. 12, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. 

Constantinople, the one-time largest and wealthiest city of Christianity, still lies asleep in the shadows of the skyscrapers of present-day Istanbul… All you need to do is look.

A Turkish prosecutor has stirred controversy by posing for a photo with an international footballer he has released after brief detention.

Turkish football club Trabzonspor's Guinea international midfielder Kevin Constant was detained on Oct. 3 at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport as he was boarding a flight to the French city of Nice.

The driver of a bus that rammed into a bus stop on a busy street in Ankara, killing 12 people, was arrested by a local court on Oct. 2. 

E.A. was arrested following the accident in the capital's Dikimevi neighborhood.