Istanbul

A patch of land in a protected island on the Marmara Sea off Istanbul bought by Saudi Prince Sattam Bin Abdelaziz, the late brother of the Saudi king and former governor of Riyadh, will be opened to construction following the intervention of civil servants in Ankara, Turkish media reported Dec. 25.

The assassination of an Uzbek dissident in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district was captured by two security cameras belonging to nearby businesses, Doğan News Agency reported.

Abdullah Bukhari, who was working as a religious leader and head of the İhsan Learning Services and Solidarity Association in Zeytinburnu, was killed in a gun attack on Dec. 11.

The assassination of an Uzbek dissident in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district was captured by two security cameras belonging to nearby businesses, daily Yeni Şafak has reported.

Abdullah Bukhari, who was working as a religious leader and head of the İhsan Learning Services and Solidarity Association in Zeytinburnu, was killed in a gun attack on Dec. 11.

Turkey's state-run stock exchange Borsa Istanbul has started trading index futures of 10 companies from the Sarajevo Stock Exchange as part of expansion plans ahead of an initial public offering expected in the first half of 2016.

Borsa Istanbul is trying to increase links with other exchanges in the region such as those in Sarajevo and Montenegro as it prepares for the listing.

Turkey's Koçoğlu Construction, which won a tender to build the Çukurova Airport for 357 million euros, is now in talks with other companies to form a partnership deal for the project due to financial problems, Turkish Transport Minister Lütfi Elvan has said.

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.