Nearly 300 passengers had to wait for the departure of another aircraft. The participants of the incident were the ship of the Scat airlines, Kazakhstan Airlines, which was going to fly to Aktau, and the airliner Turkish Airlines, departing Taipei. The plane of the Turkish Airlines were damaged tail due …
Read More »The heavy rain flooded the subway of Istanbul. Video
The weather forecasts are disappointing – the rains continue, there is also the risk of landslides. The heavy rain in Istanbul led to the flooding of several underground stations, car traffic in many areas of the city paralyzed. Public transportation is available from serious disruptions. The coordination center of the …
Read More »Rare photos: the Istanbul of the late nineteenth century. Photo
Constantinople at sunset of the Ottoman Empire. Colored postcard of the capital of the Ottoman Empire was printed in the late 19th century using the process photochrome (Photochrom). This variant of chromolithography was invented in the 1880’s by Hans Jakob Schmidt, a Swiss employee of the printing company “Orell Gessner …
Read More »Hundreds of thousands of Turks took to the streets of Istanbul
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the protesters of supporting terrorism. In the centre of Istanbul anti-government rally was held, which was attended by hundreds of thousands of people.Before that, the protesters marched from Ankara to Istanbul. “March of justice” participants of which traveled more than 400 kilometers, was launched …
Read More »A powerful lightning struck the plane flying from Istanbul
The plane in Tbilisi. Lightning struck a plane of the Atlas global, EN route from Istanbul to Tbilisi, with the result that he had to return back to the airport. According to them, lightning struck the ship a few minutes after takeoff, causing the crew decided to return to Ataturk …
Read More »May day in Istanbul: protesters dispersed with tear gas. Video
The police used tear gas and rubber bullets.In Istanbul on Monday, may 1, Turkish riot police detained at least 207 people during the demonstrations that turned into clashes with police. This was reported in the press service of the Governor of Istanbul. “All were arrested 207 people and seized about …
Read More »Svitolina in Istanbul he designed the third title of the season
The strongest tennis player of Ukrainian Elina Svitolina became a champion clay tournament of series WTA Intarnational in Istanbul. For the victory in Istambul Cup Svitolina competed with the 65-th racket of the world Belgian Elise Mertens, which is to match with the Ukrainian came up with a series of …
Read More »Tennis in Ukrainian, Svitolina – finalist of the tournament in Istanbul
The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina close to a third title of the season. On the way to his ninth career final, Svitolina had to beat Dominika Jan Tsepelovo, which in the quarterfinals made a sports miracle, played in the match with Diane Yastremsky from the account 2:6, 2:5. …
Read More »Tennis in Ukrainian, Svitolina made it to the semifinals in Istanbul
The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina another step closer to the title on clay tournament in Istanbul. In the quarterfinals Svitolina met with the second racket of Romania Soranou of Kirsty, who is in the current WTA ranking 66th position. Ukrainian last year have already beaten the opponent on …
Read More »Tennis in Ukrainian, Svitolina won a second victory in Istanbul
The first racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina reached the quarter-finals of a clay tournament in Istanbul. For the quarter-finals Svitolina competed with the 292-th racket of the world Victoria Cutenco for which the victory over Nao hibino in the first round was the first on the WTA tour in 2014. …
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