Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged French President Emmanuel Macron to have ‘mental checks’ after his comments on Islam. Today the backlash against President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on Islam intensified, with many Muslims demanding boycotts of France. Speaking after teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded on October 16 for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed to … Read more
British tourist drowns on his 64th birthday at a Turkish holiday resort while his family were busy organising a surprise party for him John Alan Rae, 64, died on Monday after swimming in the sea in Bodrum, Turkey He was rushed out of the water by hotel staff members and taken to hospital Doctors were … Read more
Former Happy Mondays tour manager is held in Turkish prison after police find £80m worth of cocaine on boat sailing from Colombia Anthony ‘Muzzer’ Murray, is being held at Turkish prison after £80m drugs bust Around 228kg of cocaine was seized from ship at a port in Istanbul last Monday Former Happy Mondays tour manager … Read more
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said the actions of Turkey and Azerbaijan amounted to a ‘terroristic attack’ over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region that formed part of the continuation of Armenian genocide. ‘What we are facing is an Azeri-Turkish international terroristic attack,’ Pashinyan said. ‘To me there is no doubt that this is a policy … Read more
Cruise ships from Britain and the United States are being scrapped at a Turkish dock after the multi-billion pound industry was smashed by the coronavirus crisis. The coronavirus cruise liner graveyard at the port in Aliaga, a town 30 miles north of Izmir on Turkey’s west coast, bustled with work again on Friday as scrapyard workers … Read more
Armenia has revealed photos of the wreckage of its SU-25 fighter jet which it claims was shot down by a Turkish F-16 amid accusations that Ankara is throwing its military might behind Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan today announced it had ‘neutralised’ 2,300 Armenian soldiers as fighting entered a fourth day in the worst eruption of violence between the … Read more
Armenia claimed today that a Turkish fighter jet had shot down a warplane during fighting with Azerbaijan – after Turkey warned that ‘the world will hear our roar’ in the escalating conflict. A Soviet-era Su-25 jet was downed by a Turkish F-16 which took off from the Ganja airbase in Azerbaijan, Armenia claimed, as the … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences. At a hospital’s opening ceremony in Istanbul, he said: ‘They’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences.’ Ankara is currently facing off against Greece … Read more
Amber Heard recently enjoyed a Turkish getaway, amid her messy legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. But the Austin-born actress has since returned home to Los Angeles, where she’s getting back into her daily routine. She cut a chic summer look Tuesday in a straw hat with a black ribbon and a faded red bandana … Read more
She jetted to Turkey to transform her smile at the Comfort Zone Dental surgery in Bodrum earlier this month. And Danielle Lloyd kept the good times rolling as she continued her sunny getaway with her husband Michael O’Neill in the holiday hotspot last week. Turning up the heat, the model, 36, put on an incredibly … Read more