Istanbul

A baby seal became disoriented due to heavy snowfall and storms on the night of Jan. 17, taking shelter on land in the Kaleiçi Marina in the southern Turkish resort province of Antalya.

Locals noticed the seal and called the Coast Guard at 3:00 a.m. on Jan. 18.

Five passengers were injured when two metrobuses collided near Istanbul's Merter neighborhood, while the accident blocked the city's metrobus route in the Avc?lar direction. 

On the morning of Jan. 18 a metrobus hit another from behind amid a heavy snow storm in Istanbul. 

Five passengers were injured in the accident and transferred to a nearby hospital. 

An explosion has occurred at a school in the southeastern province of Kilis amid reports of wounded students.

The blast reportedly took place at 9.30 a.m. on Jan. 18 at Eyüp Gökçe Secondary School in central Kilis. 

Heavy snowfall has severely affected transportation in Istanbul as flights and ferries were canceled and schools were closed by a snow storm that is expected to continue until late Jan. 19. 

Turkish Airlines (THY) announced on Jan. 18 that 137 flights scheduled from Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport had been canceled due to the adverse weather conditions. 

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last month arrested two suspects who defrauded a prominent Turkish citizen businessman, Said Haifawi, of some 6 million euros in 2010 before disappearing. 

Amid dark clouds over the tourism sector, Turkey needs to improve its image abroad in order to overcome difficulties it will face over the next two years, Turkish Hoteliers Federation head Osman Ay?k tells the Hürriyet Daily News. 'Turkey needs to show it is different to other countries.

Trust Turkish filmmakers to resurrect the Byzantine Empire to play the much-needed enemy once every decade. Satirist and writer Gani Müjde returns to directing, satirizing where he feels at home, the depiction of Byzantines in Turkish cinema.

An Istanbul court arrested 10 people with suspected links to the suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12 over charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" and "voluntary manslaughter."

A total of 16 Syrians with suspected links to the suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square on Jan. 12 have been questioned by officials and sent to an Istanbul court, where they could be charged with membership of a terrorist organization.

One soldier was killed on Jan. 17 in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r province.