Istanbul

Two people have been reported missing after a speedboat capsized in Istanbul's Bosphorus strait, crashing into the pier of a waterside cottage early June 28. 

The speedboat capsized around 4:30 a.m. off Anadoluhisar?, a coastal neighborhood in Beykoz, a district in Istanbul's Anatolian side, after it crashed into the pier of the historical Hekimba?? cottage. 

A Turkish convict has brutally beaten his girlfriend in yet another crime he committed on the first day of freedom, according to the victim.

A young woman, identified as M.Ç., was hospitalized in Istanbul late June 26 with a broken nose and teeth. The victim told the police that she was beaten by her boyfriend, Onur Özbizerdik, Do?an News Agency reported on June 27.

An Istanbul court has postponed the trial of 35 members of a Be?ikta? football fan group, çAr??, who are accused of organizing a plot to topple the government during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. 

English actress Emma Watson managed to elude Turkish media throughout her low-key three-day holiday in Istanbul, but she lashed out at journalists as she was frisked by airport police on her way back home.

The Turkish state earned 356 million Turkish Liras ($133 million) from the tolls it collects on two bridges over the Bosporus and its national highways during the first five months of 2015, official figures revealed June 24.

The Osmanbey district in Istanbul was the origin of more textile exports than 69 provinces across Turkey in the first five months of 2015, the head of the district's Textile Manufacturers and Businesspeople Association (OT?AD) has stated. 

Several illegally constructed cafes and restaurants on the shoreline of a market place in Istanbul's Beyo?lu district were demolished early on June 22.

A demolishing team from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality bulldozed a number of workplaces including restaurants and cafes at the seaside of Per?embe Bazaar, located in the rapidly changing Karaköy neighborhood of Beyo?lu. 

A passenger was injured when a metrobus crashed into a construction container on Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge.

The metrobus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle right after passing the Bosphorus Bridge toll booths. It only stopped when it crashed into a container on the road.

The injured passenger has been taken to a hospital.

A summer garden party was organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey (BCCT) to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede, England, in 1215, with the attendance of leading diplomatic and business community members. 

An Istanbul court launches probe into a book by Tolga Tan??, the Washington correspondent of daily Hürriyet, following a complaint by President Erdo?an?s lawyer An Istanbul court has launched a probe into Tolga Tan??, the Washington correspondent of daily Hürriyet, following a complaint by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s lawyer Ahmet Özel, who accused the journalist for ?slandering?