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Turkey reports its first six cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in five people from the province of Izmir and one person from Istanbul.
2021-12-11

Eid al-Fitr, the "Feast of Breaking the Fast" that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, is celebrated in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for the first time in 87 years.
2021-05-13

Istanbul reimposes a ban on indoor ceremonies, with the exception of weddings, in the wake of some rising infections.
2020-08-29

Abdulkadir Masharipov, suspected of killing 39 people in the 2017 Istanbul nightclub shooting, is arrested in Istanbul's Esenyurt district.
2017-01-16

Turkish security forces raid the headquarters of IMC TV in Istanbul, cutting its transmissions while it was live on air, for allegedly broadcasting "terror propaganda".
2016-10-4

Turkey deports British academic Chris Stephenson, a computer science lecturer at Bilgi University in Istanbul, who is charged with making terrorism propaganda. The UK Foreign Office said it was providing assistance; there has been no comment from Turkish officials.
2016-03-16

Turkey permits the building of a Syriac church in Istanbul, the first construction of a Christian house of worship allowed since the founding of the modern republic in 1923.
2015-01-3

A power transformer malfunction in Bursa, Turkey, leaves millions without electricity, including the metropolis of Istanbul.
2012-01-14

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits western Turkey, about 230 km south of Istanbul, killing at least two people and leaving many injured.
2011-05-19

Six world powers and Iran meet in Istanbul to talk about Iran's nuclear programme; Iran denies allegations it is developing nuclear weapons.
2011-01-21