Istanbul Province

Beyoğlu on the European side of Istanbul and Bağdat Street on the Anatolian side are sad. Morale is down for the owners of shops and those working in these shops. There is no business. They are even longing for the economic crisis of the early summer. No need to say that shopping for the bayram period was quite weak.
 

A group of soldiers entered the Doğan Media Center, which hosts Hürriyet newspaper, Hürriyet Daily News, broadcaster CNNTürk and other Doğan media companies, in Istanbul early on July 16, taking several journalists and other staff in the building hostage for some time.

The 13 private soldiers and corporals headed by a middle-ranking soldiers, entered the headquarters on a helicopter.

Four suspects have been detained in relation to the terrorist attack which took place in the Beyazit district of Istanbul on Tuesday.

The attack, which was carried out with a bomb-laden car, claimed the lives of eleven people and left 36 other injured. Seven of the victims were police officers, the remaining four being civilians.

"It is Izmir which has chosen me," Charles Emir Richard says when he is asked why he chose to display "Barricade," his collection of photos from the Gezi Park events, in ?zmir for the first time in Turkey.

Gravel was dumped at the historic Yedikule Gardens, a UNESCO-protected site near the Marmara shoreline along the Byzantine-era ramparts surrounding the old city of Istanbul, bringing the gardens' future back into the spotlight.

A tramline that will run on the coast between Istanbul's Eminönü and Eyüp neighborhoods is set to be laid as its environmental impact assessment has begun. 

The line, which will carry 10,500 passengers in an hour, will offer a traffic-free sightseeing tour for those who want to see the age-old buildings in Istanbul's historical peninsula and Haliç area.  

U.S.-based architecture firm has presented a project to the Turkish Tourism Ministry for the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), a contested arts and culture venue located at the heart of Istanbul's Taksim Square, daily Habertürk reported May 2.

Police used water cannons to disperse a group of around 40 protesters gathering for a May 1 rally near Taksim Square - a symbolic yet contested venue that remains prohibited on International Workers' Day.

The group of protesters, meeting near the Divan Hotel close to Taksim Square and carrying banners of "Halkevleri" (People's Houses), were dispersed by police using water cannons.

U.S. State Department Spokesperson John Kirby has urged Turkey's government to respect the "independent professional judgment" of journalists, commenting on an April 28 decision by an Istanbul court that sentenced two Turkish journalists to two years in prison for republishing a cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad in their columns. 

A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated after the crew believed there was an unattended bag on board on April 28 in Istanbul's Atatürk Airport.

The crew wanted all passengers to handle their bags, after thinking there was an extra passenger on board.