Istanbul

An Istanbul court on Dec. 19 acquitted Pınar Selek once again, in a case in which she was accused of being involved in the bombing of Istanbul's Spice Bazaar in 1998.

The feminist scholar, who lives in Strasbourg and is known for her work on Kurdish people, was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment last January, despite being acquitted of the same charge three times in the past.

A parliamentary inquiry commission will vote Dec. 22 on whether to send the four former ministers involved in Turkey's Dec. 17 and 25 corruption probe to the Supreme Council. 

A parliamentary inquiry commission will vote Dec. 22 on whether to send the four former ministers involved in Turkey's Dec. 17 and 25 corruption probe to the Supreme Council. 

The wife of Şişli’s mayor, who was elected from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the March 30 elections in the central Istanbul district, has accused her husband’s predecessor, Mustafa Sarıgül, of issuing death threats against them.

A Moldovan woman, who has been found alive after going missing for more than two days in Istanbul, may have been raped multiple times, Turkish media has reported.

New York’s MoMA examines uneven urban development in Turkey in a new exhibition, addressing six cities, including Istanbul As the result of a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural responses to rapid urban growth, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is currently presenting an exhibition that addresses the increasingly inequitable urban development in six world cities, including

Nieman Fellows in the class of 2015 at Harvard University have selected prominent Turkish journalist and writer Hasan Cemal as this year's recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.

Former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah gave his testimony to the public prosecutor's office on Dec. 15 in the case into the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink.

Turkish police raided the Zaman media group headquarters in Istanbul on Dec. 14, as part of an operation anticipated for the last few days.

Trees are being felled in Istanbul's Beykoz district in order to make room for facilities as part of a giant forest park project conducted by the Forestry and Waterworks Ministry.