The Latest Breaking News from Istanbul

The eye-watering prices of rent in city centres across Europe keeps increasing, with only five European cities having average rents below €2,000 for a three-bedroom apartment, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank.

Whether you’re wandering the streets of Palermo or exploring Istanbul, there’s ice cream worth seeking out.

In a renewed bid to defuse tensions and revive diplomacy, Iranian and European diplomats met in Istanbul on Friday to discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The E3 nations reiterated that the "snapback" mechanism remains an option if Tehran fails to cooperate with the IAEA and reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium.

Diplomatic meeting in Istanbul between Tehran and E3 countries is first since Israel and US attacked Iran in mid-June.

Iran is set to meet on Friday in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3 nations, and the European Union’s deputy foreign policy commissioner.

The passenger suffered a medical emergency while the plane was mid-air, Turkish Airlines told The Independent in a statement.

Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on July 23 for a third round of talks since face-to-face negotiations resumed in May. Expectations were low. Two previous rounds have yielded very few concrete results, apart from agreements on prisoner exchanges and the return of the bodies of soldiers killed in action.

The latest talks in Istanbul were followed by more prisoner exchanges, but yielded no breakthrough in ending the war.

During the third round of peace talks in Istanbul, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators discussed draft proposals for a ceasefire and potential peace. Talks also addressed a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The restaurant will pay homage to the food culture of Istanbul