Hurriyet Daily News reports that two female Japanese tourists were attacked with knives on Sept. 9 by an unknown person in the Göreme district of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, leaving one of them dead and the other heavily wounded. Mai Kurkiharac and Hoshie Teramatsu were attacked while walking in the Zemi Valley during a trip to the region. Read article
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Hurriyet Daily News reports that two suspects were arrested over the murder of a Swiss tourist on Sept. 1 in Istanbul’s Sarayburnu neighborhood, according to Doğan News Agency. Jurg Stephan Zuppiger was reportedly stabbed to death Sept. 1 in the morning hours after attempting to break up a fight between a couple or several others. […]
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Hurriyet Daily News reports that a 66-year-old British tourist has drowned in the Alanya district of the southern province of Antalya. John Leitch, who was on a holiday in the town of Mahmutlar, went swimming and suddenly started floundering in the sea. Other tourists on the beach noticed he was in difficulty and brought him […]
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Hurriyet Daily News reports that five planes of Turkey’s flag carrier airline, Turkish Airlines (THY), were searched for explosives at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on the evening of Aug. 14 after a bomb warning. All five planes searched by police experts were flying to German cities – Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Stuttgart – Doğan news […]
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As reported by Timesofmalta.com, a 23-year-old French woman was injured this afternoon during a jump into the sea off the Dwejra arch in Gozo. The woman was in a group of tourists visiting the island. The incident happened at about 5 p.m. Read article
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According to shanghaidaily.com, a 53-year-old French tourist was drowned and a 17-year-old French girl went missing Saturday in rough seas off Gozo, the second largest island in Malta, local media reports on Sunday. People on the scene raised the alarm at about 4:45 p.m. local time (1445 GMT) on Saturday. But rescue efforts were unsuccessful […]
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As reported by Eturbonews.com, a Sicilian tourist beach was the scene of more than 100 people thought to be Syrians whose boat ran aground, a port official said. Six migrants to Italy whose dead bodies were found on Saturday on the beach. “The bodies were reported by employees of a beach resort” near the island’s […]
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As reported by Prokerala.com, Turkish government has warned its citizens against non-essential travel to Lebanon and called those already in the country to return home after two Turkish pilot were kidnapped in Beirut Friday. Earlier in the day, a Turkish Airlines pilot and his assistant were kidnapped in an ambush on a bus in Lebanon’s […]
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According to the Washington Post, Turkey’s state run Anatolia news agency says that at least 24 migrants have drowned after a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast. The Turkish Coast Guard responded to an SOS call from the speed boat’s captain early Wednesday. Video footage taken by Anatolia shows […]
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As reported by Yrd.com, a Bahrain-born banker who founded Malaysia’s fifth-largest bank was shot to death in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian police said Tuesday, fueling concerns about rising crime in the Southeast Asian country. Read Article
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