Kabataş

Instanbulites who left the city to vacation at coastal towns during the nine-day-long Eid al-Adha holiday are now heading back as the holiday ends, creating traffic congestion on some highways.

Ongoing excavations in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district are offering surprising and significant clues about the history of the ancient city, with one archeologist boasting the district as "Istanbul's Göbeklitepe."

Within the scope of the Train Pulling Competition, a team comprising of five Istanbul metro employees has successfully managed to pull a train wagon along a railway line using nothing but their body strength in the Turkish metropolis.

A stray dog named "Boji" has become a local celebrity after using buses, subways and ferries to travel across Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul.

A dog has taken the internet by storm after photos circulated on social media showing it commuting on Istanbul's public transport.

The buzz began when someone posted a photo of the dog on the tram in Istanbul with the caption saying, "A security officer wanted to take the dog out, but it resisted. Then he said, 'Anybody bothered? Because if not, it will get off at Kabataş station'."

Works at the Kabataş metro station have unearthed archaeological remains in the area. Archaeologist Mehmet Ali Polat said that they will highly likely find a small ancient harbor as works progress.

Some 440 pairs of women's shoes have been hung on two art installation walls in Istanbul's Kabataş neighborhood in the Beyoğlu district in an attempt to raise awareness on women killed by domestic violence.

Departing from the Kabataş ferry dock every day, night cruise tours on Istanbul's legendary Bosphorus have been attracting scores of Arab tourists.

The Istanbul Municipality has dismissed recent reports that a project for the construction of a seagull-shaped transfer center in the Kabataş neighborhood was cancelled. 

An ongoing restoration at Istanbul’s famous Kabataş High School (“Kabataş Erkek Lisesi” in Turkish) being carried out with heavy construction equipment has stirred debate in Turkey, as experts say the school’s building, listed as a historic one, has “irreversibly” been damaged.