Istanbul

The International Space Station (ISS) photographed Istanbul at night in January 2025, highlighting the illuminated Bosphorus, the city’s new airport, and the Northern Marmara Highway. While the northern parts of…

Istanbul’s mosques were packed as worshippers gathered for the Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr in Arabic), considered holier than a thousand months in Islam. Large crowds filled Sultanahmet and Yeni Mosques, with…

With Ramadan Bayram approaching, shopping in Istanbul’s Eminönü has surged, especially for holiday treats like candy, chocolate, and Turkish delight. Shopkeepers expressed satisfaction with the growing demand, noting an increase in…

The Istanbul Strait Command plays a key role in Türkiye’s maritime security, overseeing mine countermeasures (MCM), patrol operations, and the enforcement of the Montreux Convention. Amid heightened vigilance due…

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Türkiye's Istanbul who was detained on Wednesday in line with the investigations launched on charges of corruption and supporting terrorism, has been arrested. It was stated that İmamoğlu was arrested over…

A fire broke out at a factory producing chemicals in an organized industrial zone in Tuzla, Istanbul, Türkiye, at around 10:30 local time. A large number of firefighters were sent to the area to intervene in the fire, which started when…

Three Spanish Muslims on a horseback pilgrimage to Hajj stopped in Istanbul to break their fast, reviving a 500-year-old Andalusian tradition. Dr. Abdallah Hernandez, who vowed 35 years ago to undertake the journey if he became a…

A fire broke out on a passenger bus' engine in an underpass near the Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, Türkiye. Passenger on the bus immediately rushed outside the bus and the road on which…

A 14-year-old unlicensed driver lost control of a vehicle in Tuzla, crashing into a woman sitting outside her workplace. The victim, Meral Bilgin Kaydan, was trapped under the car for 1.5 hours before being rescued and taken…

Snowfall that started last week in Türkiye's Istanbul and stopped shortly afterwards has started again, this time painting roads and roofs white on both the Anatolian and European sides, especially in the higher elevations. Authorities…