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Torrential rains and storms swept across the Marmara Region on Dec. 16, resulting in overflowing streams and canceled ferry services.

Due to the rain and storm that started to take effect in Istanbul in the morning hours, trees were toppled, billboards and panels were overturned, sea transportation was disrupted and heavy traffic was experienced.

Within the scope of preparation for the major earthquake expected in the Marmara region, 500,000 of the 1.5 million risky residences in Istanbul will be rebuilt on-site, and satellite cities of 500,000 residences will be established on both sides of the megacity to relocate the rest, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum has announced.

Four more suspects, including two special operations police, have been arrested in the investigation launched into the assassination of the former head of the ultra-nationalist group, Grey Wolves, bringing the total number to 10.

In a shocking incident, national skateboarder Alparslan Ayhan was blatantly attacked and beaten as he tried to stop a group of young fellows from fighting in Istanbul's Maltepe Skate Park.

A mysterious smell that emerged on Istanbul's Asian side during the day on Dec. 6 stirred panic and frightened its residents, with locals calling provincial institutions to warn them.

At least 15 people with links to an Israeli intelligence service have been apprehended in Turkey, sources said on Oct. 21.

They were arrested as part of an investigation launched by the Istanbul public prosecutor's office, according to Turkish judicial sources.

An attempt to organize a rally later this week in Istanbul by Turkey's anti-vaxxers has faced a strong backlash from experts who label the event as "a daring challenge to public health."

Organizers dub the event "Great Awakening," which is scheduled for Sept. 11 in Istanbul's Maltepe district, and they have been running a campaign for the rally on social media for some time.

An Istanbul court have arrested Kemal (Delbe) Ayyıldız, the suspect in the killing of a female academic in Istanbul, on the charge of "deliberately killing with a monstrous feeling" as women's organizations took to streets to protest the latest case of femicide in the country.

A woman has been burned to death by a man in Istanbul, as the nation grows angry, but is no longer shocked at the growing number of femicides claiming the lives of women.

Aylin Sözer, an academic at an Istanbul university, became one of the last women to be murdered by a man in Turkey.

Turkish bibliophiles have been buying novels mostly since a partial lockdown came on March 16, according to data shared by the Istanbul Statistics Office, one of the newly established departments of the municipality.

The office shared the statistics of 100,000 books purchased online from Istanbul Bookstore.