Fire in a building in Istanbul, the toll rises to 25 dead and 3 injured. In Gayrettepe, a neighborhood on the European side of the city.

The Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, said that an investigation has been opened to determine the causes of the fire. The flames would have affected two basement floors of a residential building in the city, according to state TV TRT. The local governor's office reported fifteen deaths and eight injuries in the fire