Marty and Jess Ansen, an Australian couple living the dream of retirement, have been enjoying an epic 500-day cruise vacation instead of the typical nursing home experience. These adventurous retirees, who bid farewell to the working world last June, have found that life on a cruise ship can be both more exciting and budget-friendly. Their…
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Dilek Demir, who was forcibly married at the age of 13 and endured years of abuse in her family, has dedicated herself to the fight against child marriage and abuse of girls after assuming an essential role as the head of a local office in a neighborhood in the province of Diyarbakır. After enduring a…
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A 28-year-old woman who passed away due to a brain surgery shortly after giving birth has saved the lives of six people through organ donation. Özlem Serbes, who got married in İzmir two years ago, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the 35th week of her pregnancy. Urgently rushed into labor, the young woman gave the birth to…
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House sales in Türkiye to foreigners decreased by 42 percent in September compared to the same month of the previous year, while total house sales dropped by 9.5 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Oct. 16. The total sales of 2,930 units made up 2.9 percent of total house sales in the country in September, TÜİK said.…
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A documentary about a Bristol mum and her husband running a farm in the Turkish mountains is to be premiered exclusively at film festivals across the globe – from the US to China! Mum-of-eight Emma Isik is the star of the documentary, called EMMA, which was produced by Merve Kus Mataraci and shot with the…
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Companies from different retail sectors, including clothing and white goods, are expected to heed the call from Trade Minister Ömer Bolat to cut prices to support the fight against inflation. Last week, the minister called on supermarkets to lower their prices, noting that authorities found exorbitant price increases, arbitrary and unfair practices and stockpiling in…
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Scientists from Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir are to conduct comprehensive research on the Quarantine Island. It holds historical importance as it was equipped with up-to-date medical instruments and used for quarantine purposes amid outbreaks of diseases such as plague and tuberculosis in the past. Within the scope of a project of the Scientific and Technological Research…
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Türkiye is currently home to 4.7 million legally registered foreigners, as confirmed by Atilla Toros, head of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate of Migration Management. Toros revealed the figures during a presentation at the parliament’s sub-committee on migration on Oct. 5. As of Sept. 28, there are 4.74 million foreigners with legal status in Türkiye, he said.…
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A woman claims jetting to Turkey for a boob job saved her life after medics diagnosed a deadly pregnancy complication. Lauren Parker, 25, flew to Istanbul, on September 5, 2023, for a breast uplift and implants. Before leaving the UK, she experienced “unusual bleeding” but had been assured by her GP she was fine to fly and put it…
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A man whose fiancée sought out the “best doctors in Turkey” for her weight-loss surgery has told of his devastation over her death. Jon Burt said he and Emma Morrissey, 44, jointly decided to look into gastric operations after she became increasingly depressed at yo-yoing between a size 12 and 22. Following hours of online research,…
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