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A British father died in a fall after jumping over a barrier a Turkish airport, having been removed from a Jet2 flight home because he was acting ‘strangely,’ an inquest has heard. Today’s hearing was told Andrew Westlake, 29, had been ordered to leave his hotel, where he had been staying with his partner and … Read more
Golden retriever has its front legs HACKED OFF by its Turkish owner after his neighbour broke the dog’s limbs to stop it attacking his chickens Three-year-old golden retriever was left ‘writhing in pain’ after the amputation Owner cut off her legs and wrapped them in tape after a neighbour attacked her Rescuers said the dog, … Read more
Lewis Hamilton was unable to hold back his emotions after bursting into tears upon winning the Turkish Grand Prix and claiming an historic seventh world championship. Hamilton produced the drive of drives in a compelling rain-hit Istanbul race to draw level with Michael Schumacher’s all-time championship haul, 16 years after the great German set a … Read more
Lewis Hamilton is King of the Track for a record-equalling seventh time. Victory on the day, victory over the season, victory for the ages. The British driver sealed the world championship by winning the Turkish Grand Prix – holding his nerve, nursing his tyres for 50 laps, on the slippery track at Istanbul Park to … Read more
Two girls aged three and 14 have been pulled out alive from the rubble three days after a powerful earthquake decimated the Turkish city of Izmir. The overall death toll from Friday’s quake reached 85 after teams found more bodies overnight amid toppled buildings in the country’s third-largest city. Rescue workers clapped as 14-year-old Idil … 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