Istanbul Province

One cleaning staff member was killed early Dec. 23 at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport in an explosion whose cause has yet to be determined, while another was wounded.

Zehra Yamaç sustained fatal injuries in the explosion that occurred at 2 a.m. on Dec. 23 on the airport's apron, while Canan Burgulu was also wounded in the explosion.

An explosion at the Sabiha Gokcen airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul early on Wednesday left one woman of the cleaning staff dead and another injured.

The two women were inside an aircraft at the time of the explosion and were transported to hospital, where one of them passed away due to the fatal injuries she had sustained.

A total of 16 companies have taken specification documents for a Dec. 23 tender to build a three-story tunnel project in Istanbul that is expected to ease the traffic burden, according to officials.

In line with the project, the winners will undertake deep drilling activities both under land and at sea in the Bosphorus over the next year. 

A new joint exhibition organized by Şeli Art Project at Beylerbeyi Palace Tünel Art Gallery is presenting 28 artists featuring the contrast between the contemporary and the classic

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has called on Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to support a recent bill proposed by his party to ensure trials without arrest for journalists facing press-related charges. 

A Turkish and a Russian warship passed through the Bosphorus early on Dec. 7 at 8:30 a.m.

A blast was reported at Bayrampaşa metro station on the European side of Istanbul. As a result of the explosion, the operation of trains has stopped. Initial reports stated that the explosion had been caused by a power transformer and that one person had been killed, however these early reports were negated.

Police have located passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Algeria to Istanbul that were mistakenly taken to the domestic terminal, therefore allowing them to enter Turkey without passing through passport control late on Nov. 30.

Ten suspects face up to four years in prison each over the attack on daily Hürriyet's printing house in the Turkish capital Ankara.

The indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office carries the penalty of up to four years in prison for each of the 10 defendants. 

A wild boar stirred panic in the Anatolian side of Istanbul when it finished swimming in the Bosphorus and ran around chasing local people in the coastal Beykoz neighborhood