Kasımpaşa

Athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic team have been stranded in Istanbul for weeks as they failed to return to their countries after the Russian invasion started.

The athletes arrived in Istanbul on Feb. 14 for training and were supposed go back to Ukraine in March.

As the war broke out, they could not return to the country and spent some 10 days at a Turkish athlete's home.

Turkish top-tier football league club Kasımpaşa transferred Besiktas' Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma on Aug. 29.

Trabzonspor drew with Kasımpaşa 1-1 on Aug. 18 in Turkish top-tier football league.

A statue of 16th century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror) will be erected in Istanbul's Golden Horn, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced on April 1.