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The latest news, updates and features on the country of Turkey. The country is located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its capital is Ankara, with major cities including Istanbul and Izmir.

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People cool off during an ongoing heatwave with temperatures reaching 37 degrees, at Colosseo area (Colosseum), on July 23, 2024 in Rome, Italy

Stark warning for travellers heading to Europe as 'hellish' heatwave arrives

World July 31, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

A policeman controls traffic during a forest fire in Alcabideche, Cascais, Portugal, 21 July 2024

'Hellish' European heatwave sparks warning for UK tourists

World July 24, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

A policeman controls traffic during a forest fire in Alcabideche, Cascais, Portugal, 21 July 2024

Firefighters die in Europe's 'hellish' heatwave as tourists told to stay indoors

World July 23, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Natural travertine pools and terraces in Pamukkale at sunset ( Cotton castle) - Denizli, southwestern Turkey

Europe's Death Valley is 'absolutely stunning' — and costs just £50 to fly to

Travel July 17, 2024 By Jessica Lindsay

A firefighting helicopter drops water during a wildfire at Sofiko near Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece, 17 July 2024. Three firefighters were injured while battling a wildfire in Sofiko, Corinth. According to fire brigade sources, they suffered light injuries and were taken to a hospital in Corinth. The firefighting forces deployed against the blaze were reinforced, increasing to 120 firefighters with 32 fire engines and five teams of firefighters on foot (including ten firefighters from Moldova in the context of the European Civil Protection Mechanism), assisted by 13 firefighting planes and six helicopters, two of them in a coordinating role. EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS

Firefighters die in Europe's 'hellish' heatwave as tourists told to stay indoors

World July 18, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

The Turkish Detective,07-07-2024,1,Mehmet Suleyman (Ethan Kai),Paramount,Paramount

Everyone is obsessed with BBC’s ‘ridiculous’ new crime drama overshadowed by Wimbledon

TV July 8, 2024 By Robert Oliver

The good, the bad and the ugly of cosmetic tourism

Beauty July 9, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

Firefighters and emergency team members work during the aftermath of an explosion in a restaurant in Izmir

Five people killed and scores wounded in propane tank explosion

World July 1, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Georgia fans took a stand against the Russian president on live television

Russian TV accidentally broadcast chant Putin really won't like during Euros

World June 19, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

Comedian Victoria Vera Blyth's (pictured, left) life was cut short after her husband David Thomas Blyth (right) killed them both at their home in Turkey's capital Ankara *** Images taken without permission from Blesk.CZ *** Thomas David Blyth, originally from Edinburgh, gunned down his wife, singer and comedian Victoria Vera Blyth aka Victoria Velvet in Turkey on June 11. The 57-year-old is believed to have murdered his 40-year-old partner, also known as Victoria Velvet, before turning the gun on himself at their family home in the Turkish capital, Ankara. All three of their children are understood to have been present at the time of the double-death as medics pronounced both Blyth and Victoria dead at the scene.

Chilling last words of TV star shot by British husband in murder-suicide in Turkey

World June 19, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Turkish Kebab, Barbecue Grill, Shisk Kebab, Turkish Cuisine

Kebabs revealed as ‘most loved’ dish — with one in six eating them every day

Food June 13, 2024 By Courtney Pochin

MUST - Holiday from hell

'Traumatising' £3,700 holiday leaves baby on IV drip

World June 11, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - JUNE 02: Firefighters and Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) teams conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of a building that collapsed for an undetermined reason in Kucukcekmece district of Istanbul, Turkiye on June 02, 2024. Many firefighters, health, police and Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) teams were dispatched to the scene. 1 person died and 7 people were injured, 5 of them were transferred to the hospital, and 2 of them did not need treatment, as a result of the building collapse. (Photo by Oguz Yeter/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Apartment building collapse sends people fleeing down street

World June 2, 2024 By Lucia Botfield

Man dragged off TUI flight after 'assaulting staff and refusing to give up gin bottle'

UK May 27, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Ayazma Street, ?sk?dar, Istanbul

Three people killed in a gun fight in a café

World May 23, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva

A group of British tourists in Marmaris, Mu?la, scattered the ashes of their deceased relatives in Marmaris. Following criticism that dumping the ashes of the deceased person into the sea close to the shore may be harmful to health, personnel affiliated with the District Health Directorate will take samples from the sea and conduct an investigation.A group of British tourists ceremonially threw the ashes of their relatives who lost their lives in England into the sea at Uzunyal? beach in Marmaris district in the early hours of yesterday morning.Meanwhile, local people swimming in the sea criticized this situation, estimating that throwing the ashes of a person who died so close to the beach into the sea could be harmful to their health. Following the reactions of the citizens, it was learned that the personnel of the District Health Directorate would take samples from the sea.

Brits cleared beach because nobody wants to swim in their dead relative's ashes

World May 17, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

British takeaway favourite could have strict new rules imposed

World May 5, 2024 By Will Neal

SIRNAK, TURKIYE - APRIL 18: A Yazidi woman is seen during a ritual as Yazidis, dressed in colorful clothes, perform rituals to celebrate the Red Wednesday Feast, the Yazidi New Year at the village of Magara in Idil district of Sirnak, Turkiye on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Kilic /Anadolu via Getty Images)

Urgent warning for UK tourists not to travel to holiday hotspot

World May 3, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Chloe Quick holding her son, next to a photo of her in a hospital bed.

Mum, 23, 'nearly died' after £1,600 gastric sleeve operation she found on Instagram

World May 2, 2024 By Danny Rigg

Dodgy dentist dumped British man at hospital after screwing implant into his skull

World April 23, 2024 By Katie Boyden

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