Kumkapı
Istanbul’s signature suburban trains back into service
The Sirkeci-Halkalı suburban trains, Istanbul's first railway line which were decommissioned a decade ago, will be put back into service for touristic purposes.
Cat skeletons in Yenikapı metro site reveal new facts
Excavations at the undersea metro construction sites of Yenikapı and Marmaray in Istanbul that were carried out between 2004 and 2014 in Istanbul unearthed cat remains and skeletons along with many other animals dating back to the Byzantine era. Some of these were given to the Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Veterinary Faculty of (IUC).
Istanbul’s Armenian patriarch Mutafyan to be laid to rest on March 17
The funeral service for the late Armenian Patriarch in Turkey Mesrob Mutafyan will be held on March 17 at the time of Sunday service (10 a.m.) at the St. Mary Armenian Church in Istanbul's Kumkapı neighborhood in Fatih district.
Turkish-Armenian Cyprus war veteran laid to rest in Istanbul
Murat Mihran İşler, a Turkish-Armenian veteran of the Turkish army's move on Cyprus in 1974, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Aug. 22.
VIDEO: Illegal migrants escape from deportation center setting building on fire in central Istanbul
Illegal migrants in a deportation center in the central Kumkapı district of Istanbul have escaped from the building as they set the building on fire. Police have opened warning fire in order to prevent some 50 migrants from escaping, but couldn't stop them.
VIDEO: Refugees escape from deportation center setting building on fire in central Istanbul
Refugees in a deportation center in the central Kumkapı district of Istanbul have escaped from the building as they set the building on fire. Police have opened warning fire in order to prevent some 50 refugees from escaping, but couldn't stop them.