The Latest Breaking News from Istanbul

Plane Talk: Why don't airlines encourage passengers to travel on an earlier flight if seats are available?

Formula 1 confirmed its 2026 calendar last month, but Turkish Grand Prix bosses are ready to step in and host a race as early as next year if any event is forced to cancel. 

Formula 1 confirmed the 2026 calendar last month, but Turkish Grand Prix bosses are ready to step in and host an F1 race as early as next year if any race is forced to cancel. 

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.