Istanbul

Within the scope of Istanbul's Bosphorus University's Psychological Consultancy Symposium, a graduate of the university, psychologist Cenk Erdem, will give a conference on "Horror Cinema" at the university's Ayhan ?ahenk Hall on May 2 at 3:30 p.m.

The brand-new Turkish Energy Stock Market (EP?A?) will be launched at the 21st International Energy, Environment Fair and Conference, ICCI 2015, to be held in Istanbul next week. 

EP?A? is designated to serve as the sole energy exchange of Turkey and will be integrated into Borsa Istanbul, the umbrella institution within which all the exchanges in Turkey operate.

An Istanbul court on April 29 acquitted 26 people, including prominent members of the Taksim Solidarity Platform, who had been detained during the Gezi Park protests in the summer of 2013. 

One of Turkey's most prominent pop singers has been questioned over a video clip commemorating a teenager whose 2013 death in anti-government demonstrations mobilised opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports said April 29.

Workers' unions have continued their calls to meet in Istanbul's Taksim Square for May Day celebrations, but the Istanbul Police Department has begun taking excessive security measures to prevent unions from gathering at the square after the governor's office prohibited rallies in the square.

An Islamist newspaper in Turkey has confused The Beatles with Turkish high school students after misunderstanding a poster calling for people to take to the streets on May Day.

"The United June Movement [BHH] has undertaken a fresh provocation for May Day," daily Vahdet claimed on April 27, referring to an umbrella organization that took part in the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

The son of a Turkish man who had been questioned over alleged links to a recent series of mafia shootings in downtown Istanbul was killed in the Netherlands on April 26, Dutch media has reported.

The housing prices in Istanbul?s Bosphorus neighborhood of Be?ikta? jumped 24.7 percent in one year, the highest increase of any district in the city, according to March figures released by real estate information company REIDIN.

A group of Turkish nationalists left black wreaths in front of Agos, the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly, in the early hours of April 24 in an apparently aggressive move against the newspaper, whose editor Hrant Dink was murder by a nationalist in 2007.

Istanbul and Ankara offer a variety of attractions this week, from concerts by German indie rock band The Notwist and American tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander to a food festival offering the different cuisines of Turkey. Istanbul's Miniaturk hosts activities for children