A couple from Cirencester, Gloucestershire were confirmed last night as the winners of £56m, the biggest lottery jackpot won in the UK. They are expected to be unveiled at a press conference later today, where they will recieve their prize – which will make the couple among some of the wealthiest in the country, according [...]
A court on Corfu last week heard how two British children died in their hotel room from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning during a family holiday, as the trial of 11 people, including two former employees of the Thomas Cook tour operator, went on trial on the Ionian island yesterday.
The 11 defendants, including the manager of [...]
Turkish accession to the European Union will be a tremendous benefit to Ankara and to the region, said British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. Turkey embarked on its accession negotiations with the European Union in 2005. Ankara has moved on a series of concessions meant to meet the policy requirements to join Europe but faces obstacles [...]
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 in [...]
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 to [...]
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 twirling [...]
Icmeler News welcomes your news, articles, story and faq submissions about Icmeler and Marmaris. If you have a interesting articles, stories about Icmeler Marmaris you can submit and we will puplish here. Also you can submit pictures, news realeses, event notices and stories from your Icmeler Marmaris community.
All contributions will be reviewed by IcmelerNews.Com and [...]
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 [...]
The Queen and Prince Philip are travelling to Turkey for a four-day state visit, their first to the country since 1971. During the trip, they will lay a wreath at the tomb of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern, secular Turkey.
They will also be guests at a state banquet hosted by President Abdullah Gul and [...]
The new Cyprus president, Demetris Christofias, is due to meet the Turkish Cypriot leader on 21 March, according to a UN office on the divided island.
After he was elected last month, Mr Christofias asked the UN to arrange a meeting with Mehmet Ali Talat to revive peace talks which stalled in 2004.
A spokesman said [...]
British people have been reported missing following the earthquake that struck China killing at least 10,000 people, the Foreign Office has said. A spokesman confirmed that it is believed British nationals were “possibly” in the area when the earthquake struck on Monday afternoon.
“We have been told through our embassy that there are British nationals possibly [...]
Five people died when a small plane crashed into two homes in a residential area south of London, England on Sunday. “No survivors were found, but I can confirm that there were no people involved in the houses,” said Jim Bascran of the London fire department,.
Police were not releasing the names of the [...]
Nearly 300 passengers had to be rescued from a Greek tourist boat after it ran aground near Athens. The Giorgis, carrying mostly Japanese, American and Russians, was taking in water but in no danger, rescuers said. The boat, one of several that runs day trips between Piraeus and nearby islands, ran aground near Poros.
Three helicopters, [...]
A British tourist has been found dead on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Barbara Scott Jones, 61, had been reported missing a week ago and her body was found in a pit near the house she was staying in. Jamaican police have launched a murder investigation into the death and have said they are looking [...]
A row has blown up over the death of a teenager from Devon whose body was found on a beach in India. Scarlett Keeling, 15, from Bideford, had been on a six-month holiday with her family. Her body was found at the resort of Anjuna, Goa, on 18 February. Police said that they believed she [...]
A pensioner was “dragged like a doll” through the street in a fatal attack by his dog. Witnessed looked on in horror as railway engineer James Rehill, 78, was savaged by his rottweiler in Newham, east London. Residents armed with baseball bats desperately tried to free Mr Rehill as the dog inflicted horrific injuries to [...]
Egypt and the Palestinian group Hamas appear to have arrived at an understanding to re-establish control over the Gaza-Sinai border. On Monday, Hamas and Egyptian authorities could be seen stringing barbed wire at the Brazil gate of the Rafah border which separates Gaza from Egypt. At the Salah Eddin gate, both sides were involved in [...]
South Wales police are investigating a possible suicide chain after the seventh hanging of young people in Bridgend in a year. The seven dead are not known to have been close friends but several of them posted personal profiles on the social networking internet site Bebo. Police are worried that youngsters may consider it fashionable [...]
A man charged with murdering five prostitutes in a series of killings that shocked England and led to a manhunt by hundreds of police officers went on trial Wednesday. Prosecutor Peter Wright opened the trial at Ipswich Crown Court by telling the jurors that Steve Wright, 49, a former pub landlord, was responsible for killing [...]
Prince William will be putting the royal in Royal Air Force from next week when he joins the service on a four-month attachment. The Prince will be fulfilling a long-held ambition to learn to fly as he takes to the skies to earn his wings – just as his father, Prince Charles, did 35 years [...]
