As crime reports spike in high-traffic districts, city officials face critical choices about resource allocation and neighbourhood policing strategies.
As the municipality pushes forward with controversial urban planning reforms, residents in Beyoğlu and Fatih fear their communities will become unrecognizable.
Student housing regulations and curriculum reforms announced by the Higher Education Board mark the most significant changes to Istanbul's university sector in three years.
Years of competing development visions and infrastructure backlogs have left the city's administration facing its most complex budget and zoning decisions in a generation.
As the city's metro expansion and port modernisation projects approach crucial junctures, planners face tough choices about funding, environmental impact, and competing priorities.
As Istanbul's historic districts face unprecedented gentrification pressure, long-time residents are demanding a voice in urban planning decisions that will reshape their communities.
As transit migration reshapes neighbourhoods from Fatih to Beyoğlu, city administrators and humanitarian leaders outline competing visions for integration and planning.
As the metropolis grapples with air quality crises and waste management overload, city planners face pivotal choices that will shape environmental policy for the next decade.
Data reveals a quiet revolution in one of Istanbul's most densely populated neighbourhoods, where residents have transformed 23 vacant plots into spaces that now serve 8,400 families.
Community members across Beyoğlu and Fatih neighbourhoods speak out about escalating theft and violence, pressing authorities for better night-time policing.
Istanbul's €2.3 billion budget deficit impacts metro projects and utility costs. How rising water expenses and infrastructure cuts reshape services across 39 districts.
As the Kanal Istanbul megaproject reshapes the city's geography, experts assess whether Istanbul's approach to urban mobility matches the ambition of Paris, Singapore and Dubai.
The city's transformation into a long-term migration hub reveals decades of policy shifts, economic pulls, and the complex realities behind today's multicultural neighbourhoods.
