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
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ‘trying to reinstate the Turkish empire’ with ‘terrorist attacks’ supporting Azerbaijan in Karabakh, Armenia’s Prime Minister has claimed. Nikol Pashinyan said the actions of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region formed part of the continuation of Armenian genocide. More than 300 have now died in the renewed fighting in and … 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 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 and … 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
Amber Heard hits back after being slammed for ‘not wearing a bra’ while visiting a Turkish mosque during summer break in Istanbul The actress is currently on holiday in the Turkish capital following her appearance at ex Johnny Depp’s libel trial at the High Court in London But she has been targeted by furious Twitter followers … Read more
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to retaliate after suggesting a Turkish ship had been attacked in waters contested by Greece. The claim came hours after France sent two warships supported by fighter jets to the region experiencing mounting tensions, in an effort to back Greece. Speaking at an event to celebrate the 19th anniversary of … Read more