This is the hair-raising road carved into a Turkish mountainside which has been compared to the most dangerous road in the world. The helter-skelter 18-bend road, which has cut travelling time to the commercial centre from two and a half hours to 30 minutes, is in the neighbourhood of Ozlukent…
An Afghan mother who the Turkish police refused to help when she was repeatedly beaten by her husband because they were not legally married has reportedly used an axe to kill him in his sleep. Fazilet Azimi, 28, is facing aggravated murder charges for killing husband Hasan Ozbek, 57, with…
This 105-year-old Turkish grandmother has beaten COVID-19 after just five days of treatment. Centenarian Huriye Baskapan was treated in hospital when she contracted the virus during a trip to the countryside to live with her son because she thought it would be safer. She left her home in the bustling…
A Turkish man who abused and shot his wife leaving her crippled is to be released from prison after she told court officials she forgives him. Mutlu Bilvar, 27, who lives in the district of Konak in the Turkish city of Izmir, married Dogukan Bilvar, 29, after they were introduced…
A Turkish husband has been arrested for poisoning a dessert for his estranged wife that ended up being eaten by her father instead. Feridun Alkan was furious when his wife Melek Alkan, 32, told him she wanted a divorce and then moved out to live with her parents. When he…