Istanbul, home to over 16 million residents ... Yet, the scale of vulnerability and the complexity of retrofitting a city of such layered development continue to challenge these efforts.

Spread across two continents and between two seas, Istanbul is a city of empires past. The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures ...

It was used to store a reserve of drinking water in case of drought or siege of the city. The Basilica Cistern is located in ...

The problems of one small river in Şile is a ripple out from the large problem that threatens to splash down on Istanbul: what happens if the city runs out of water? In January 2021, the ...

Ever since the Byzantine times, Istanbul has been home to artists, poets and storytellers. It is a city of abundant tales and legends, but also of too many secrets, buried deep. As a novelist ...

Several earthquakes have hit Turkey's largest city Istanbul - the strongest with a magnitude of 6.2 The tremors - also felt in the Turkish capital 275 miles away - sparked panic as people fled ...