The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

Disabled mum loses breast and left fighting for life after ‘botched’ cosmetic surgery in Turkey

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: Sara Platt, who forked out £14,000 for a tummy tuck, breast implants and three other procedures in Antalya earlier this year, has spoken out about her ordeal.

Daily Record · May 4, 2023

Jet2 flight diverted after ‘drunk passenger carried off flight’

Passenger was restrained after puting on a ‘disgraceful and aggressive’ display on Scotland to Turkey

The Independent UK · May 4, 2023

Covid vaccine travel rules ahead of summer holiday - including Spain, USA, Turkey, France, and others

The summer period will see a huge influx of people jetting off for a holiday

Manchester Evening News · May 4, 2023

Jet2 flight diverts as 'drunk' man dragged off plane with cabin crew 'shaken-up'

A man has been filmed being dragged off a Jet2 flight that had to be diverted en route from Glasgow to Dalaman, in Turkey, landing in Bulgaria after he allegedly became abusive

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023

Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after quake

Aid officials say that three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

'Drunk' passenger on Glasgow Jet2 flight dragged off after plane forced to divert

Footage shows the passenger being dragged off after causing chaos for crew and customers travelling on a flight from Glasgow to Dalaman in Turkey.

Daily Record · May 3, 2023

Veiled girls on a pink rollercoaster: Sabiha Çimen’s best photograph

‘I wanted to shoot them outside of their studies – at a moment of joy. They patiently waited so that I could capture the moment with the low-flying plane’

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2023

Turkish singer sentenced over joke on religious schools

A Turkish court has given pop singer Gulsen a 10-month suspended sentence after convicting her of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke about Turkey’s religious schools

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

Journalist Ozgur Ogret: Turkey is 'a press freedom violations museum' under Erdogan

In Reporters Without Borders' 2023 Press Freedom Index, Turkey is ranked 165th out of 180 nations for the environment facing journalists. Among the reasons for the worsening conditions is a crackdown ahead of presidential elections in May, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his toughest re-election battle yet. Ozgur Ogret,…

France 24 · May 3, 2023

Turkey’s knife-edge election

Turkey heads to the polls next week for the most tightly contested and important presidential election in a generation.

The Week · May 3, 2023