In a shocking incident, a Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey was invaded by two armed men who held seven employees hostage for several hours. The assailants, who were protesting the war in Gaza, stormed the main building of the Gebze plant around 2:20 p.m. local time on Thursday. The seven hostages were held at gunpoint while the remaining employees managed to escape, as per local law enforcement. One of the attackers was reportedly wearing …
Nizamettin Gursu, the boyfriend of a woman who tragically fell to her death from a cliff during a marriage proposal, has been arrested in Turkey. The incident occurred in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey, on July 6. The woman, 39-year-old Yesim Demir, fell approximately 100 feet. Gursu had reported to the authorities that Demir had accepted his proposal. He claimed that he had gone to his car to fetch food and drinks to celebrate …
In a tragic turn of events, a woman in Turkey fell to her death from a cliff just moments after accepting her boyfriend’s marriage proposal. The incident occurred on July 6 in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey. The woman, Yesim Demir, and her newly betrothed, Nizamettin Gursu, had planned to commemorate their engagement with a sunset picnic at the scenic cliffside spot at Polente Cape. Gursu had just proposed to Demir and had gone …
A devastating earthquake struck Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday morning, leaving more than 4300 people dead and thousands more injured or homeless. Complicating matters further was the fact that the freezing winter weather hampered rescue efforts, making it difficult to search for survivors. The magnitude 7.8 quake caused entire apartment blocks to collapse, adding to the already large number of Syrians who have been displaced due to years of war. One woman, who was …
Doctors baffled when a 15-year-old boy came into a hospital with a USB charger — which could charge both phones and headphones — lodged in his gut. The boy, from Diyarbakir, Turkey, was rushed in by family after complaining of nausea and stomach pains. An X-ray revealed a plastic-coated nightmare waiting to be digested. After he was thrown into an ambulance, he was transported three hours away to Firat University Hospital in Elazig, where a …
Six people were killed and 81 injured in an explosion in Istanbul on Sunday, leading Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to call it a terrorist attack. “We consider it to be a terrorist act as a result of an attacker, whom we consider to be a woman, detonating the bomb,” he told reporters on Sunday. The blast took place in the heart of Turkey’s largest city on Istiklal Street in Beyoglu Square, according to Istanbul …