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Authorities at Topkapı Palace in Istanbul are probing a hole three meters in diameter that appeared two weeks ago in the yard of the famous tourist attraction, soon after deep cracks were discovered in the basement of the building's treasury pavilion.

The Culture Ministry confirms reports about the danger to a major kiosk at Topkapı Palace. A former director of the palace says funding is a serious problem amid other concerns over the palace walls.  

Parts of Istanbul's Topkapı Palace are slated to undergo a major restoration worth around 10 million Turkish Liras after deep crevices were found in the treasury room of the Ottoman-era palace in July, causing its closure to tourists. 

A pet monkey escaped from a balcony of a house and attacked children playing in a park in the Fatih district of Istanbul on Sept. 22.

The monkey bit a six-year-old child in the park, inflicting serious injuries and prompting his mother to file a complaint against the owner of the monkey.

A worker was killed after receiving an electric shock early on Sept. 20 while doing maintenance work in Istanbul's Marmaray rail, which connects the city's European and Asian sides in a tunnel under the Bosphorus. 

Turkish counter-terror police detained 40 foreign nationals in raids in Istanbul over their suspected links with Islamic State, of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Sept. 18.

Police carried out simultaneous raids to 23 addresses in Istanbul's Fatih district detaining suspects from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Azerbaijan.

The Foreign Ministry in Athens has protested a decision by Turkish authorities to allow a daily reading from the Quran to be broadcast from Hagia Sophia in Istanbul during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.

In a statement Tuesday, the ministry condemned the decision, describing it as "verging on bigotry" and "not compatible with modern, democratic and secular societies."

A strong explosion on Tuesday morning in Istanbul, Turkey, killed seven police officers and four civilians, according to local officials.

The target was a bus transporting members of Turkey's police force, Turkish media said, adding that 36 more persons were injured in the blast in the Vezneciler district.

An early goal from striker Burak Yılmaz gave Turkey a 1-0 victory away to Slovenia on June 5, boosting morale in the team's final warm-up game before Euro 2016 starts in France next week. 

Thousands of fanatic muslim Turks gathered outside the Hagia Sophia Church demanding it open for Muslim prayers, Saturday night. The protest, organised by a group calling itself ‘Young of Anatolia’, took place on the day commemorating the fall of Constantinople, which is expected to be celebrated in pompous style by the Erdogan government.