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Storm heavily battered several provinces in Turkey on Nov. 29 particularly in the Aegean and Marmara regions, killing at least four people in Istanbul and another one in the northern province of Zonguldak, disrupting daily life as well as ferry and sea traffic.

Turkey's airports served a total of 107 million passengers in the first 10 months of 2021, translating into a robust 51.5 percent increase from the same period of last year, data from the State Airports Authority General Directorate (DHMİ) have shown.

Two trains have collided head-on early on Sept. 8 in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, with no casualties reported.

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"Seven citizens have been slightly injured in the incident," the Governor's Office said in a statement.

A dog has taken the internet by storm after photos circulated on social media showing it commuting on Istanbul's public transport.

The buzz began when someone posted a photo of the dog on the tram in Istanbul with the caption saying, "A security officer wanted to take the dog out, but it resisted. Then he said, 'Anybody bothered? Because if not, it will get off at Kabataş station'."

Turkey is launching direct flights connecting Sofia and Antalya this season. Anadolu Jet, a low-cost airline and a brand of Turkish Airlines, is including Bulgaria's capital Sofia in its network of international destinations, announced the company's press office.

One of China's biggest mobile phone maker Tecno Mobile has begun manufacturing in Turkey with an investment of $35 million, a company statement said on May 24.

"We plan to employ around 1,000 people at our production facility at Istanbul's Pendik district in the first year of trading," said Hank Li, Tecno Mobile's Turkey manager.

In an effort to improve the traffic problem and lower the accident rate in Turkey's most populated province of Istanbul, the traffic division of the provincial security directorate conducted research and found 10 blind spots where the rate of accidents is considerably higher.

The main causes of nearly 18,000 fires that occurred in the first 10 months of 2020 in Istanbul were cigarette butts and electrical short circuits, according to data from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

The number of fires in 2020 decreased by 7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the report said.

Turkish authorities have arrested the captain of a plane that crashed earlier this month at an Istanbul airport killing three passengers, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Feb. 24.

Three people were killed and 179 were injured when a plane skidded off an airport runway in Istanbul and split into three pieces, News Sky reported.

The accident involving the Boeing 737-800 occurred at the Sabiha Gokcen airport.

The flight was operated by Pegasus Airlines and carried 177 passengers onboard and six crew members.

Many are hospitalized.