Izmir

Actor Berna Laçin was released by the court to which she had been referred with a request for arrest in the probe over her social media post about Izmir.…

Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Cemil Tugay joined the AK Party; President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned on his badge. After Tugay joined, Izmir Metropolitan Deputy Mayor Zafer Levent Yıldır resigned from his posts.…

34 suspects were detained in a drug operation conducted by the Nevşehir Police Department across four provinces centered on Nevşehir. Searches seized 2.767 kilograms of synthetic drugs, 632 grams of cannabis and 789 synthetic drug pills.…

The Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) ruled that a paint defect on the roof of a new car was a hidden defect and upheld its replacement with a faultless equivalent.…

In the bribery and extortion investigation into Menderes Municipality in Izmir, 9 people, including former deputy mayor Erkan Özkan, were detained.…

In Izmir, taxi driver Celal Sarıoğlu returned 919,080 lira of the 920,000 lira that was deposited into his account instead of the 920-lira fare and was rewarded.…

Excavations at Yassıtepe Mound in İzmir's Bornova district, led by Assoc. Prof. Zafer Derin, show evidence of planned urban life and a trade order dating back about 5,000 years.…

In the probe into Dorukhan Büyükışık, found dead at a construction site in İzmir in 2018, a court accepted an additional indictment against 26 defendants and merged it with the ongoing trial. Up to 7.5 years were sought for 9 police officers.…

Former Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Burhan Özfatura passed away at age 83 at Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, where he was taken following sudden cardiac arrest. He served as mayor during the 1984–1989 and 1994–1999 terms.…

Burhan Özfatura, 83, was taken to Dokuz Eylül University Hospital after suffering sudden cardiac arrest at his home in Balçova. Chief Physician Emel Çalıkoğlu reported that he remains in critical condition, while his son Fatih Özfatura stated his heart stopped for approximately 40 minutes and he remains unconscious.…