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British Airways is tumbling despite hopes for Iberia deal

05.11.09

Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

I'd never play for England, says hot Aaron Hunt

03.11.09

Werder Bremen forward Aaron Hunt admits he is "flattered" by rumoured interest in him by Fabio Capello but has ruled out playing for England... more

Israel furious over Turkish TV drama

15.10.09

Israel is angry over a Turkish television series that reportedly portrays Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian children... more

Extradition threat to Fergie as Turks object to TV exposé

16.09.09

The Duchess of York could face a Home Office investigation after Turkey accused her of illegally filming an undercover television documentary... more

Britons injured in Turkey hotel fire

30.06.09

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VIDEO: Child has narrow escape after being hit by car

24.06.09

A four-year-old boy had a miraculous escape when he was hit by a runaway car and sent flying through the air... more

Student jailed for trying to fight British in Afghanistan

18.06.09

A gap-year student who vowed to battle British soldiers with a Koran in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other has been jailed... more

Sebastian Vettel desperate to forget Monaco woe

05.06.09

Formula One: Sebastian Vettel is hoping to bounce back from his Monaco Grand Prix disappointment and return to winning ways in Turkey... more

Felipe Massa hopes for more Turkish delight

02.06.09

Formula One: Felipe Massa heads to Turkey this weekend with hopes soaring of a potential victory at a circuit he has made his own over the last few years... more

Cappadocia a balloon trip holiday hotspot

29.05.09

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London physicist killed in hot-air balloon accident

29.05.09

A London academic who wrote the software for srufying Saturn has been killed in a ballooning accident in Turkey... more

Bride and groom among 44 killed in wedding massacre

05.05.09

Eight men were arrested after masked gunmen killed 44 people at a wedding in Turkey, including the bride and groom... more

Obama in surprise visit to Iraq

07.04.09

Barack Obama landed in Iraq for his first visit as US President only hours after a car bomb ripped through Baghdad... more

Obama asks Turkey to help heal Islam's rift with the West

06.04.09

Barack Obama said that Turkey and the US could build a "model partnership" between a largely Christian nation and a predominantly Muslim country... more

Audacious Alone has poise

12.03.09

Alone is a hugely successful Turkish pot-boiler about a young man in Istanbul who restlessly visits prostitutes.... more

Police seize ex-generals 'for plotting Turkey coup'

08.01.09

Three retired generals and dozens of other people were seized in raids across Turkey as police broadened their investigation into an alleged plot by secularists to overthrow the Islamic government... more

Where the export crisis has hit hardest

06.01.09

A look at how Europe has been affected by the energy crisis... more

Sunseekers fly to keep Cook smiling

02.12.08

Leisure: Canny British holidaymakers are diverting from the high currency costs of taking a break in the eurozone and instead heading for the sunspots of Turkey and Egypt... more

Turkey lost but we were heroes

26.06.08

German and Turkish football fans partied until dawn after their dramatic European Championship 2008 semi-final - making it almost impossible to tell who had won... more

Germans' secret is safe with Jens

26.06.08

Lehmann leaves world wondering how it's done as Germany reach a big final again... more

Yakin's peace role for grudge match

11.06.08

Ill-feeling between the Swiss and Turks can be calmed by one player who has a foot in both camps... more

Prom Night: A night to forget in a hurry

06.06.08

Packed with talentless nonentities who are killed in no particular order, and it's another formulaic chiller about a madman preying on high-school students. ... more

Best little theatre in London

29.04.08

Mehmet Ergen has built Dalston's Arcola into a buzzing fringe venue that attracts big names. Now, he says, it's time to expand.... more

Stolen ancient Islamic tiles found at Sotheby's

16.04.08

Rare Islamic artefacts stolen from mosques in Turkey have been recovered by police after going on sale at Sotheby's in London... more

Two managers, one momentous night in Europe

02.04.08

Defeat for either Arsenal or Chelsea could leave their season in tatters... more

Love and lust

21.02.08

Faith Akin's The Edge of Heaven is his least melodramatic and most assured film and hardly ever has a purposeless moment.... more

High ambition of Pera Palas falls flat

18.06.07

The production of Pera Palas at the Arcola falls flat owing to ponderous execution and some quirky production decisions.... more

We're all talking Turkey

01.05.07

Claire Allfree meets Mehmet Ergen and Leyla Nazli, the driving forces behind the first season of Turkish theatre ever to be produced in this country.... more