Turkish archaeologists have found a 4000-year-old loom that includes a massive handloom, one of the oldest ever found. The loom and its accessories were discovered at the Beycesultan Mound in the southwestern Denizli province where the team has recently uncovered the ancient textile mill. The find is part of a…
A buyer who claimed he wanted to continue supporting struggling artists during the pandemic but expected a 50-percent COVID discount was horrified when he was sent only half the painting for the reduced fee. The unnamed collector was interested in a portrait by artist Ali Leblebici called ‘MMXI’, and he…
This is the moment Turkish cops find 228 grammes of cannabis and an unlicensed gun in a beehive after they were sniffed out by a police dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssYAtowEzx0&feature=youtu.be Newsflash The incident took place in Teknepinar in the district of Canik located in the northern Turkish province of Samsun. The operation…
The wife of an ex-national Turkish footballer is being investigated over allegations she offered a hitman 10 million Lira (991,700 GBP) to shoot her husband dead. Yagmur Asik, 27, is being charged with attempted murder after the hitman informed the footballer Emre Asik that his wife and her lover, Erdi…
A Turkish woman and five others have been arrested after digging a massive hole in the front room of her mother's house after the older woman told her it contained buried treasure. Police investigated after neighbours reported sounds of building work coming from the property in the heavily populated Istanbul…