French President Nicolas Sarkozy only promised to enforce bilateral relations with Turkey, but still refused to support the Islamic country to win the European Union membership, the presidential palace Elysee said Friday. Sarkozy and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul held a discussion during lunch in Elysee after attending the inauguration of a Turkish culture exhibition [...]
Turkey’s Turtle Rescuers By Gary Lachman This summer I had the privilege of meeting a living icon of Turkey and her knight in shining armor. Well… Perhaps not shining armor; more like tortoise shell. I am referring to Kaptan June Haimoff of Iztuyu Beach in Dalyan and Professor Dr. Yakup Kaska of Pamukkale University in [...]
A north-east couple have survived a white-water rafting accident which left one man dead. Martin Farquhar, 35, and his partner Mary were part of a group rafting on the Dalaman River in Turkey when the raft overturned, killing a Welsh man. Press and Journal reported today the couple, believed to be from Laurencekirk, had been [...]
A Turkish state television series showing an Israeli soldier shooting dead a Palestinian baby is just fiction and was not meant to cause a diplomatic incident between Israel and Turkey, a Turkish minister said. “Separations”, in which actors playing Israeli soldiers and Palestinians fight street battles in Jerusalem in Israel, has strained already tense relations [...]
While Spain has long been seen as the primary holiday destination for Britons looking for sun and beaches, a recent study indicates that Turkey is now well in the process of overtaking Spanish resorts when it comes to attracting visitors from the United Kingdom. This change, however, has a lot to do with concerns about [...]
A British man is feared to have been kidnapped while enjoying a walk in Turkey. John Kirkham and his wife Sandra were staying in a hotel in Ovacik and John, 67, went walking on Monday along the Lycian Way. His wife describes him as an experienced walker and the family is considering the fact that [...]
The Co Londonderry man’s trial was set to get under way last month but is now expected to start within the next fortnight. Said Mr O’Kane: “I have been meeting with the court officials this week, but we still haven’t heard anything. “I hope the trial can get under way as soon as possible, because [...]
Parliament approved a law Thursday extending a smoking ban in this tobacco-growing nation to all bars, restaurants and coffeehouses by mid 2009. The new law backed by the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will prohibit smoking in all enclosed public areas next year. Turkey already bans smoking on buses, airplanes and large offices, [...]
This month of Ramadan (Ramazan) in Turkey and on Saturday for Muslims in America. Practicing Muslims make sacrifices during Ramadan by fasting from all food, smoking and sex from sun up to sundown every day during the month. Although the fasting practice is the same everywhere, how one celebrates this holy season may differ from [...]
Turkey is restoring access to YouTube after the video-sharing website removed the videos that prompted the officials to block access in the first place. The website said that it has removed the videos a prosecutor deemed insulting to Turkey’s founding father, who established the country after collapse of the Ottoman Empire Turkey has blocked access [...]
Paris Hilton took part in an impromptu belly dance during the Miss Turkey 2008 contest in Istanbul yesterday. The heiress was a judge at the beauty pageant – but she clearly didn’t want to be left out of the limelight. Paris, 27, took to the stage to join a professional belly dancer and was seen [...]
Are you in dilemma about whether to return ? If so ITV1 are making a do*****entary series about expats who are weighing up the merits of returning home. It is the great British dream to find a place in the sun which offers tranquility and a better quality of life. It is no surprise then [...]
The lure of Turkish destinations such as Bodrum, Dalaman and Antlaya, Alanya is so strong that it could encourage some foreign visitors to relocate to the country permanently, a market expert has suggested. According to the Association of British Travel Agents, Turkey will be the fourth most popular package holiday destination in 2008, behind Spain, [...]
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The gap between Marmaris and the resorts of Icmeler is getting smaller all the time, but there is still qualitative difference between two towns, Icmeler has a more sedate cracter, the night clubs tend to close earlier, there is little in the way of budget accommaditation and the typical summer visitoris more likely to be [...]
A Turkish court has reportedly once again blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site, YouTube in the country because of clips allegedly insulting the country’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The AP reports that Internet users trying to access from Turkey were met with notices in English and Turkish saying it was banned under [...]
