Marmara Region

A lengthy queue of trucks has formed at the border in the western province of Edirne, with trucks waiting at the Kapıkule Border Gate in a 10-kilometer long queue. 

State-run Anadolu Agency said the trucks are trying to deliver export loads but are stuck in heavy traffic due to insufficient administrative measures on the Bulgarian side of the border. 

İstiklal Avenue, the heart of Istanbul, is bleeding. Shops are being closed down. We are all telling each other about how major brands are moving out of the street but we are not actually doing anything about it. 

Only a few hundred meters to the next art piece, says the cell phone map, while walking along İstiklal Avenue. Suddenly it is there; colorful words and images bursting through the building's facade, making it hard to imagine the gray wall without it. 

Two fuel tankers collided at the entrance of the Dardanelles Strait early on Nov. 30, Doğan News Agency has reported.

"Take Me Up The Bosphorus - English Comedy Nights" will be organized for three consecutive nights in Istanbul.  

The show, headlined by Comedian Phil Nichol, will be hosted by Aslı Akbay.  

There were no initial reports of injuries or casualties and there were also no reports about the cause of the fire, according to Doğan News Agency.

The incident occurred at a factory producing rubber and plastic at the Baltaş industrial estate in Bayrampaşa at 10:30 a.m.

Istanbul's historic district of Beyoğlu under Mayor Misbah Demircan has set a custom that suits Istanbul's history well by starting the "Beyoğlu Conversations."

A mortar shell thought to be around 70 years old was found in the garden of the German Consulate residence in Istanbul on Nov. 21, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A suspected metal object was found during cleaning works at the garden of the summer residence of the German Consulate in Istanbul's Sarıyer district.

UNESCO declared 2016 as the anniversary year of ancient Greek philosopher scientist, considered by many to be the father of reasoning and logic. Many symposia and events were held in honour of the great man and his legacy to human thought. But unperturbed by volumes of historical evidence pointing to Aristotle’s identity, Turkey says he was one of their forefathers!

The executive director of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet Ak?n Atalay was arrested on Friday at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul after his return from Germany, reported BGNES.

Atalay was not in Turkey when police stormed the offices of the newspaper on October 31 and arrested 12 journalists, 9 of whom are now in prison in Istanbul.