A demonstrator holds a placard reads that: "Budget for education, not for the religious affairs directorate!" during a rally against the government's latest religion-related policies on the education system, in Istanbul, Turkey December 10, 2023.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/role-of-islam-in-turkish-education-fuels-secularist-fears/article_cef47f50-78cc-5459-b47f-86b0a752d57b.html

Catherine Christer Hennix, a Swedish experimental musician and artist who fused minimalist drones, mathematical logic and global spiritual traditions into an approach she called “infinitary composition,” died on Sunday at her home in Istanbul, Turkey.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/arts/music/catherine-christer-hennix-dead.html

In 2009 the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, selected September 25 as World Pharmacists Day.

Source: https://lovefm.com/world-pharmacist-day-celebrates-vital-role-in-belizean-healthcare/

Jack James, 22, decided to get his teeth done so he could look “better on camera” and flew out to Istanbul, Turkey.

Source: https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/read-this/turkey-teeth-warning-as-horror-surgery-left-manchester-model-looking-like-a-shark-4190727

Nigerian international artist and Grammy Award winner Burna Boy will perform at the 2022/23 Uefa Champions League (UCL) final in Istanbul, Turkey.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/entertainment/celebrities/1525518-odogwu-world-burna-boy-perform-uefa-champions-league-final-istanbul-video-excites-nigerians/

Passengers wait to check-in at the FlyOne Armenia counter for a flight from Istanbul to Yerevan at the Istanbul International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey February 2, 2022.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1763024/turkey-closes-airspace-to-armenian-airline-without-warning-agency

People shout slogans during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/professional/ap-week-in-pictures-europe-and-africa/article_a0466677-2927-5d5b-a198-6210fd84ecf5.html

Russian Navy patrol ship Vasily Bykov sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey October 16, 2019.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/russian-warship-fires-warning-shots-at-cargo-ship/

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watch news on a giant screen outside AKP (Justice and Development Party) headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023.

Source: https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/world_news/article_0fa2b4bd-a220-54b3-90a4-d7bed54cbfb1.html

The pivotal clinical trial results have been selected as a "late-breaking abstract" for the 43rd Congress of the Societe Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) in Istanbul, Turkey, this month.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/JIANGSU-YAHONG-MEDITECH-C-154879342/news/Photocure-Partner-Asieris-Pharmaceuticals-to-Present-First-Results-for-its-Hexvix-Phase-III-Clinical-45013760/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20231007

The TQ Samsun bulk carrier, the last grain ship to leave Ukraine under the Black Sea grain initiative, transits the Bosporus during the early morning hours on July 18, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Source: https://themedialine.org/news/russia-suspends-black-sea-grain-deal-amid-ongoing-conflict/

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, stands next to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday, July 8, 2023.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/07/09/zelenskyy-hails-soldiers-from-a-symbolic-black-sea-island-to-mark-500-days-of-war/

Vessels await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey Dec 11, 2022.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/395893/russia-says-black-sea-grain-deal-may-be-nearly-over