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Damaged buildings left untouched 24 years after Marmara quake
While almost 24 years have passed following the 1999 Marmara earthquake, repair and retrofitting of 1,359 moderately damaged buildings in Istanbul have not been carried out until 2021.
Istanbul to host major PPP event this week
Some 200 participants from 41 countries will gather for the Istanbul Public Private Partnership (PPP) Week event between Jan 16 and 19.
This will be the eighth edition of PPP Week. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu is also expected to attend the Istanbul PPP week.
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Nation marks 100th year of Dumlupınar Victory
Turkish people celebrate Victory Day on Aug. 30, marking the 100th anniversary of when Turkish armies succeeded in the Great Offensive under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Türkiye, against occupying Greek forces on the same date in 1922.
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Police hold anti-organized crime op ‘Mucilage’
Turkish police conducted simultaneous operations early on May 26 against some 13 crime syndicates operating in 16 provinces on shorelines around the country, the Interior Ministry has announced.
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Minister conducts first test of country’s fastest metro line
The first test of the Gayrettepe-Istanbul Airport metro line, which will be Turkey's fastest metro line once it is ready with a speed reaching 120 kilometers per hour, has been conducted successfully by the transport and infrastructure minister.
Rental house prices increased most along shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus
A new report shows that the average rent increase in Istanbul has been lingering around 60 percent, while the difference reached 90 percent in some districts, especially in neighborhoods along the Bosphorus Strait and areas with mass housing.
5th Istanbul Design Biennial ends with Büyükada Songlines
The fifth Istanbul Design Biennial, titled "Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one," has reached an end with a new project titled Büyükada Songlines, which is a floating garden populated by plants, soil, insects and birds.
Deceased mother of interior minister laid to rest
A funeral was held on March 14 for Servet Soylu, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu's mother, who died on March 13 at the age of 75 due to heart failure.
She had been treated in a private hospital in Istanbul for a while.
After a funeral prayer held in the Gaziosmanpaşa Central Mosque following the noon prayer, Servet Soylu was buried in Istanbul's Eyüpsultan Cemetery.
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Heavy snow covers all of Istanbul on weekend lockdown
After moving in from Turkey's northwestern Thrace region, cold weather coming from the Balkans finally arrived in Istanbul on the weekend, which coincided with a curfew imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Feb. 14 midnight, much of the city was covered in white as the Asian districts of the 16-million metropolis were last to receive heavy snowfall.
Proposal to increase number of cabs in Istanbul rejected once again
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality's proposal to roll out 6,000 new taxi licenses has been rejected once again by the decision of the city's transportation coordination body.
The proposal of the municipality was put on the agenda for the third time at the Transportation Coordination Center (UKOME) meeting held at the Istanbul Congress Center on Nov. 26.