Istanbul restaurateur Kerem Mamut relishes a moment with his son whom he did not see for three months while detained in Turkey deportation centres. He denies links to terrorists and suspects Turkey may have been cooperating with Chinese authorities.
Several Uygur language centres have opened in Istanbul, home to a community of Muslim Uygurs who have fled China.
While it will alleviate traffic in the Bosphorus, the canal will effectively trap 8 million people on a new artificial island in a city notoriously prone to earthquakes
The Kanal Istanbul project will not be subject to the international treaty that limits the access of warships to the strategically pivotal waters in central Europe.
Two of the millions of workers who went home for the Lunar New Year holiday took our video reporter along, offering a glimpse of joy and sadness in the life of a migrant family