Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, 39 people were killed by a gunman in an Istanbul nightclub called Reina. ISIS soon took credit for the attack, and now the man who allegedly wielded the weapons has been apprehended, and has reportedly confessed.
Turkish officials have arrested eight people in connection with the shooting in an Istanbul night club called Reina on New Year’s Eve that left 39 dead and 69 injured.
At least 39 people were killed early Sunday morning when a lone gunman opened fire in an Istanbul nightclub amidst New Year’s Day celebrations. According to the Anadolu news agency, at least 24 foreigners are among the dead, including citizens of Belgium, Iraq, France, India, Libya, Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Saudi…
On Sunday, August 21, hundreds took to the streets in Istanbul, Turkey to condemn the murder of LGBTQ activist and transgender woman Hande Kader.
Two explosions that are being reported as suicide bomber detonations went off Tuesday night at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul.
Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of people who gathered to commemorate Pride week in Istanbul, after authorities issued a ban on the annual march. At least 19 people have also been arrested.
The governor of Istanbul announced on Friday that Istanbul’s Pride march, scheduled for Sunday, would be banned. This is a slight shift from last year, when it was banned an hour before the march was scheduled to begin.
World leaders are currently gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, for the latest G20 summit. The stage was set and journalists were waiting for a photo op when a trio of stray cats wandered inside to check out the scene.
Highly public marriage proposals have become a matter of global nuisance, but none more so than one which greatly inconveniences innocent bystanders. From Istanbul comes the great news of one such event.
Turkey's prime minister says the thousands of protesters gathering in Istanbul's Gezi Park are militant activists "living arm in arm with terrorism." This photo of a cop tear-gassing an unthreatening young woman in a simple summer dress implies otherwise.
Officials in Istanbul had planned to hold a soccer game in an empty stadium as punishment for ill-behaved fans, who wouldn't be allowed to attend the match. But then they decided to admit women and children only, and the game went off without incident. Now authorities want to give away more free tickets to ladies and…
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Last weekend, the first mosque designed by a woman in Turkey opened in Istanbul. The interior of the Sakirin Mosque was designed by Zeynep Fadillioglu (shown at left). More awesome pictures here. [TheIstanbulian]
New York? Yawn. Milan? As if. You see, the trendsetters, as reported by trendsetter bible Newsweek are looking beyond the four fashion capitals for new trends to Shanghai, Istanbul, Antwerp and Chicago. Ask anyone who thinks he's cooler than the people who think they're cooler than everyone: London is dead and Biloxi…