Istanbul

Several people, including Native Americans, have emerged claiming to be legal inheritors of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. 

Agence France-Presse is holding its first exhibition at the Municipality Art Gallery of Caddebostan Culture Center in Istanbul's Kad?köy neighborhood. 

The exhibition is a display of photographs from renowned photojournalists Bülent K?l?ç, Ozan Köse, Adem Altan and Gürcan Öztürk. These photographs have been published around the world, earning prizes and acclaim for their takers. 

A Lufthansa flight from Istanbul was diverted over a bomb scare before being allowed to continue on its way after a search of the aircraft May 10.

A foundation with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s children as board members has received a land that belonged to the Treasury at a price much lower than the land?s actual value, daily Cumhuriyet reported on May 9.

People have different reasons to be in Istanbul. Some were born here, some came to the big city to study, some are desperate to leave, some are sorry to leave. Why are we here, really? This is the answer of a young man: "I am from a village on outskirts of Istanbul. My family lives in a place very far from downtown, in a village 50 kilometers away from Çatalca.

Four people were injured on May 8 when the ceiling collapsed at part of the domestic terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Turkish media reports said.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has reportedly expressed Turkey's readiness to re-open the Halki Seminary in the Adalar district of Istanbul in return for Greece allowing a mosque to function in Thessaloniki. 

Dissident Turkish actor Levent Üzümcü has been sent to the High Disciplinary Court of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and is facing dismissal from the Istanbul City Theater over statements critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Commenting on the news from his Twitter account, Üzümcü defined the motion as against the law.

A survey by Koç University in Istanbul made public on May 6 revealed that the public trust for fair elections in Turkey has declined, as the country heads toward one of the most critical elections in decades on June 7.

Signals will be used to redirect bird migration routes away from the construction of Istanbul?s third airport north of the city, the owner of the company carrying out the project has said.