Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman arena in Turkey that was ‘just like Rome’s Colosseum’ and would have hosted gladiator fights for some 20,000 spectators. The find, a national first, was revealed as part of excavations of Mastaura, an ancient city in Aydin Province. The arena was partly buried and hidden by vegetation. Its remains are well preserved … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Miss England call in the police after hack by Turkish cyber-criminals who demand money to unlock password account Famous beauty pageant was targeted by cyber-crooks posing as officials Once they hacked the account they locked out the competition’s organiser She received a ransom message the next day demanding she pay up By Dan Sales … Read more
A former British Army officer who trained White Helmets volunteers in Syria and died in mysterious circumstances in Istanbul last year was not murdered in an elaborate plot but took his own life, a BBC probe has found. James Le Mesurier, 48, who served in Northern Ireland and Kosovo, threw himself off the roof of … Read more
A young girl has been pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed apartment building alive four days after a deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The four-year-old girl, Ayda Gezgin, was taken to hospital in an ambulance in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir today, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of … Read more
Rescuers search into the night for survivors in Turkey after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent people fleeing from their homes on Greek islands – leaving 22 dead and nearly 800 injured. Search and rescue teams dug through heavy blocks of concrete desperately trying to find survivors after the catastrophic earthquake. Turkey and Greece were battered by … Read more
Turkey and Greece were battered by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake today which killed at least eight people, flattened buildings and caused a mini-tsunami which flooded streets in horrifying scenes on the Turkish coast. Debris was racing down Turkish streets after an apparent sea surge near Izmir where at least six buildings were destroyed and footage showed … Read more
‘Kurdish’ Terrorist blows himself up in Turkey after police chase through city on the Syrian border Militant detonated device following police chase near Turkey’s border with Syria Explosion occurred in the town of Iskenderun in the southern province of Hatay Police had been trying to stop two people inside a vehicle at a road block By … Read more