Istanbul Province

A sculpture created in memory of "Tombili," the portly cat who became a social media phenomenon after being photographed posing on a sidewalk in Istanbul's Ziverbey neighborhood, will be inaugurated on Oct. 4 on World Animal Day.

Istanbul police have conducted an operation against a gang which tried to swindle Iranian tourists and overcharge them during their stay at a venue in the Fatih district of Istanbul in an incident which led to the death of one of the tourists, daily Habertürk reported on Oct. 3.    

Police have detained 68 judiciary employees throughout Turkey in addition to 66 employees working at a number of jails in Istanbul as part of its probe into the Gülenist organization, which was accused of plotting the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. 

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued warrants for 87 judiciary employees registered at three courthouses in the city along with 75 employees working at a number of jails as part of its probe into the Gülenist organization, which is accused of being behind the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. 

Turkish police found nearly 240 blank firing guns buried underground in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul late on Sept. 27. The guns were found after an anonymous tip was received by police officers. 

A 22-year-old Turkish man was shot dead with his own gun by his estranged wife early on Sept. 27 in Istanbul's Üsküdar district after he assaulted the woman following a quarrel, daily Habertürk has reported. 

Some 250 airlines will fly to Istanbul's third airport once it is completed, according to the head of the airport construction company, who added that flights from the airport will be made to more than 350 destinations. 

An Istanbul court on Sept. 24 ordered the arrest of a man who attacked a metrobus driver with an umbrella, causing an accident which injured eleven.

The passenger, identified as Murat Akbulut, had been referred to court for arrest on charges of malicious wounding, damaging public property.

For years the only venue that could realistically be described as the center of Istanbul was the historic İstiklal Avenue, dubbed Pera Street in earlier centuries. However, this has been changing in a dramatic manner of late as İstiklal steadily loses its soul as Istanbul's cultural, commercial and entertainment center. 

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.