The British Embassy is in contact with Chelsea Football Club and the Turkish authorities over two reported stabbings of Chelsea fans in Istanbul ahead of the upcoming Champions League clash against Galatasaray.
Emily Casswell talks to students in Istanbul about the Taksim Gezi Park protests of last summer, and finds them ashamed of their government’s undemocratic actions with little else to do but laugh.
A Pegasus Airlines plane has safely landed in Istanbul after a passenger reportedly shouted that there was a bomb on board and tried to get the plane redirected to Sochi, where the Winter Olympics are currently being held.
People in Istanbul have taken to the streets to call for the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the corruption scandal that has engulfed his cabinet
84 people have been arrested in Istanbul in the culmination of a two year probe into allegations of corruption, money laundering, gold smuggling and bribery.