Istanbul

A man set a book on fire and ignited a carpet inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque on July 11th. The suspect, who entered the mosque around 11:30 PM wearing a red hat, was seen on security cameras burning the book and attempting to…

Following peace talks in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine resumed airstrikes. Ukrainian drone strikes in Sochi killed two and injured 11, leading to a four-hour suspension at Sochi Airport. Russia's defense systems shot down 39…

Extreme sports athletes Mert Güngörmüş, Samet Baydar, and Cengiz Koçak parachuted from an 86-meter-high viaduct in Istanbul’s Arnavutköy district. The daring jumps, performed early in the morning, were recorded by drones and helmet…

Dolphins swimming in the deep blue waters of Istanbul created stunning scenes captured from the air. Seen more frequently in summer, the dolphins appeared to dance as they hunted alone or in groups off the shores of the Bosphorus.…

On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Istanbul residents headed to the beaches to escape the heat after performing animal sacrifices. Public beaches in Büyükçekmece and Küçükçekmece saw large crowds, with drone footage capturing the influx of…

Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that Istanbul’s Çamlıca Tower has hosted approximately 2.3 million visitors since its inauguration by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he could travel to Istanbul on Friday if today’s Ukraine peace talks show progress. Commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s absence, Trump claimed, “If I don’t go, he won’t go either — and I was…

US President Donald Trump said it was "a possibility" that he would attend Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday. “Putin would want me to be there,” Trump told reporters en route to Qatar, the second stop of his Middle East…