Marmara Region

Istanbul's Kadıköy neighborhood, which was known as Khalkedon in ancient times, is hosting a design event titled "Taste of Istanbul." 

The neighborhood opened its walls and parks for the event and artists who contributed to the project, which is being organized within the scope of the third Istanbul Design Biennial's "Creative Neighborhoods" program. 

The small sculpture erected in memory of Istanbul's iconic cat "Tombili," which was stolen on Nov. 8, has been returned to its original spot after a social media outcry. 

A sculpture created in memory of "Tombili," a portly cat who became a social media phenomenon after being photographed posing on a sidewalk in Istanbul's Ziverbey neighborhood, has been stolen from the sidewalk, Kadıköy Municipality announced on Nov. 8.

The Istanbul City Lines are preparing to launch new car-carrying ferry services between İstinye on the city's European side and Çubuklu on the Asian side in early 2017, in a bid to ease vehicle traffic on the three bridges over the Bosphorus. 

With the planned ferry line, the duration of passage from İstinye to Çubuklu is expected to take from seven to eight minutes. 

A majority of voters have come out in favor of the construction of a large marina in the Ataköy neighborhood of Istanbul's Bakırköy district in a public vote, with the project in legal limbo amid support from the Environment Ministry but objections from the local municipality. 

A 250-year-old Ottoman-era building in Istanbul's Fatih district has undergone an unauthorized restoration, prompting investigations by authorities. 

The Yusuf Ağa Sibyan Mektebi, an Ottoman-era elementary school, currently under the administration of the Independent Art Foundation, was concreted and painted with tile color on its external front. 

The responsible party has not been determined by the court in the case into an elevator crash in September 2014, in which 10 workers were killed in central Istanbul, in the first hearing of the case on Oct. 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is set to build 28 transport tunnels across major parts of the city, amounting to 145 kilometers in length and expected to be completed by 2023, pro-government daily Yeni Şafak reported on Oct. 27.

A Turkish journalist has begun a research project in which he collects and analyzes different kinds of waste thrown into dumpsters in various parts of Istanbul and İzmir in a bid to ultimately create Turkey's first waste map.  

The third Istanbul Design Biennial, "Are We Human? : The Design of the Species : 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years," will open this weekend with events around the city for the next month.