Tag: Istanbul

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) - On Friday, the Turkish Religious Affairs Administration confirmed that the Chora Monastery in Istanbul will be converted into a mosque for prayer. A representative of ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - The founder of the White Helmets, James Le Mesurier, was found dead in Istanbul on Monday, the Reuters News Agency reported. Citing a law enforcement ...

Thousands of supporters of the newly elected mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, celebrated his victory on Sunday night at his campaign's headquarters in Istanbul, as the opposition candidate not only ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - Istanbul police clashed with Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and families of missing people, as demonstrators held the 700th weekly sit-in protest at Istanbul's Galatasaray ...

Turkish police launched an operation on Wednesday to detain 235 people associated with Muslim author and televangelist Adnan Oktar over accusations including forming a criminal gang, fraud and sexual abuse, ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) - Turkey's presidential candidate Muharrem Ince rallied in front of hundreds of thousands of supporters at a campaign rally in Istanbul on Saturday, just one day ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) - International Workers’ Day (May Day) rallies in Istanbul saw demonstrators clashing and being detained by police in the district of Besiktas on Tuesday. Riot police ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 A.M.) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined the National Unity March in Istanbul, on Saturday, to mark the one-year anniversary of the failed coup in Turkey. ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) - Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside the Maltepe prison in Istanbul on Sunday, after completing a 450 kilometre (280 mile) protest march from Ankara. ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:55 A.M.) - Protests continued into their second day in Istanbul, Tuesday, to decry the results of the referendum set to grant Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping ...