Tuzla, Istanbul

At least three people were killed in an explosion at a factory in Istanbul's Tuzla district on April 29.

A fire broke out at a paint and varnish plant at around 1 p.m. local time, district governor Ali Akça told Demirören News Agency.

A mother of nine who learnt how to read and write at the age of 70 has penned a book in a year depicting all her life experiences.

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"I had a very hard life. I want people to read my book and learn from the lessons I learned," 71-year-old Ayşe Başoğlu told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Istanbul's first ever Bengal tigers were born on May 12 at Lion Park in the Tuzla district.

Istanbul has a new biotechnology research and development laboratory as a result of a partnership which includes Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM)

An Istanbul prosecutor's office has launched an investigation to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at the Tuzla shipyard in Istanbul on Jan. 28 and killed two workers.

The newly-appointed president of Sabancı University, Prof. Yusuf Leblebici, took over the post from Prof. Zehra Sayers in a ceremony held at the university's Performing Arts Center in Istanbul's Tuzla district on Nov. 5.

Hundreds of locals were hospitalized on Dec. 25 after being affected by chemical waste that got mixed in the sewage system and caused pungent smells that alarmed locals and officials in Istanbul’s industrial Tuzla district on the city’s Anatolian side.

The sun is out now and we have forgotten about the flood disaster that took place on Tuesday in Istanbul.
These types of flood disasters are the new norm in the world, according to Ümit Şahin, the Istanbul Policy Centre Climate Studies Coordinator.

Eight of the 10 cities with poor air pollution in Europe are from Turkey, according to data prepared from the World Health Organization on ultra-fine particles of less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5s).

A chemical leak was spotted Aug. 5 at a factory in the Tuzla Leather Organized Industrial Zone in Istanbul's Anatolian-side district of Tuzla.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality recently made a statement declaring the incident had stemmed from a perforation on a tanker filled with nitric acid and affirmed efforts have continued to remove the chemical safely at a fast pace.