As city officials greenlight controversial metro expansion and bus fare hikes, residents across working-class neighbourhoods face difficult choices about their daily commutes.
As the Kadıköy-Kartal metro extension nears completion and the Istanbul Canal project advances, key figures weigh in on infrastructure challenges that will define the city's next decade.
With summer break underway, Istanbul's higher education institutions must decide how to implement sweeping curriculum changes and affordability measures before autumn semester—a choice that could reshape the city's academic landscape.
As irregular migration routes shift and refugee populations stabilise, Istanbul must decide whether to integrate or contain its growing multicultural neighbourhoods.
As municipal budget negotiations intensify, city planners face pivotal choices on transit expansion, waterfront development, and housing affordability that will reshape Istanbul's future.
Proposed urban planning changes could reshape neighbourhoods across the city, forcing residents and long-established communities to reckon with soaring rents and developer-led gentrification.
As the Kanal Istanbul and Metro expansion projects reshape the metropolis, newly released data reveals a complex picture of investment, disruption, and urban transformation.
New data exposes a widening gap between capacity and demand across the city's institutions, with enrollment patterns shifting dramatically toward international programs.
Fresh asylum processing delays and housing shortages are testing the city's already-stretched migrant support systems as regional instability drives new waves of arrivals.
As Istanbul pursues ambitious plans to revitalise ageing quarters, municipal leaders and experts outline priorities for balancing preservation with modern development.
As migration pressures mount worldwide, Istanbul's approach to multicultural integration offers lessons and cautionary tales for cities from Berlin to Toronto.
From Taksim to Kadıköy, the city accelerates sustainability projects as new waste management protocols and urban garden initiatives take root across neighbourhoods.
This week's municipal meetings revealed escalating pressures on the city's water systems and renewed calls for affordable housing solutions across Anatolian-side districts.
From restoration projects to grassroots initiatives, Istanbul's historic districts are seeing tangible change as residents and local organisations drive neighbourhood renewal.
