Marmara Region

A Russian naval cargo ship has traversed the Bosphorus moving towards the Marmara Sea

Two women are facing arrest for "abetting suicide" after they shouted at a man considering suicide to jump off the Bosphorus suspension bridge so as to relieve a traffic jam.

The suspects, identified as Hülya U. and Merve Ö., are accused of "abetting a suicide," for shouting and cursing at Erol Çetin, who committed suicide on the Bo?aziçi suspension bridge early on March 8. 

Turkish security forces have arrested two suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and seized plastic explosives and a suicide vest, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported March 7. 

The two were apprehended at a border crossing, when authorities noticed that they were trying to place a bag inside the back of a truck that had entered Turkey from Syria.

A trustee panel was appointed to the Gülen-linked Zaman group on March 4 upon the request of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

A large group of people gathered in front of the Zaman headquarters in the Bahçelievler district of Istanbul upon the news of the appointment of a trustee panel.

The 48th Cinema Writers Association (S?YAD) Awards were presented on March 2 in Istanbul, at a ceremony marked by a protest against the demolition of the historic Emek Movie Theater in the Beyo?lu district. 

Sixteen people, including 12 foreign nationals, have been arrested as part of an anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) operation to prevent infiltration into Syria from the southern province of Kahramanmara?. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is scheduled to pay a two-day visit to neighboring Iran this week, his office said.

Davuto?lu will visit Tehran on March 4 and 5, sources from his office told reporters late on March 2, noting that details concerning the visit had not yet been completed. 

A powerful and shallow earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on March 2, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicentre was 808 km (502 miles) southwest of Padang, USGS said. It was 10 km (six miles) deep. 

Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar is about to undergo a much-needed renovation that will last a decade and cost tens of millions of dollars. But the revamp is not without controversyIt's over 500 years old, has survived fire and earthquakes, welcomes up to 400,000 people a day and takes pride in being the world's most visited destination, making it more popular than the Eiffel Tower.

The Diyarbak?r Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Kamuran Yüksek on March 1, after they called on locals in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r to march toward the restive Sur district.