Tag Archives: TURKEY

Turkish security forces have seized $1 billion in counterfeit money and arrested six individuals involved in the operation, according to a report by reuters.com. Among the detainees were one Ghanaian national and three Swedish citizens, as confirmed by the governor’s office of Turkey on Friday, June 9, 2023. The office …

A young woman has died in Turkey while reportedly undergoing gastric band surgery. Shannon Bowe, 28, from Denny, near Falkirk, Scotland, died on Saturday, April 1. It is understood that Shannon travelled to Turkey for the weight loss procedure. It is unclear at which medical facility she received the operation …

Image caption, Songul Yucesoy’s home was destroyed when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck a month ago By Anna Foster BBC News, Samandag, southern Turkey Songul Yucesoy carefully washes her dishes, soaping the plates and cutlery before rinsing off the bubbles and laying them out to dry. An unremarkable scene, except …

Three people have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. More than 680 people have been injured in Turkey and Syria. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20:04 local time (17:04 GMT), followed by …

Another earthquake is reported to have hit Turkey and Syria exactly two weeks after the devastating Monday, February 6, 2023 earthquake. According to the global news community, AJ+, the earthquake hit the border of Turkey and Syria and had a magnitude of 6.3. In a tweet shared on Monday, February …

A 17-year-old girl now known as the ?miracle girl? was pulled alive from the rubble 248 hours (10 days) after a fatal earthquake that ripped through  Turkey, as rescue efforts continue in the country. More than 42,000 people have died across Turkey and neighboring Syria following the powerful 7.8 magnitude …

Hatayspor’s Cameroonian midfielder, Kévin Soni has said that he survived the earthquake because of prayer. Soni, who is a Muslim, narrated that he had stayed up all night and decided not to sleep before his early morning prayers. He said he would have died if he had decided to take …

Some Ghanaian students living in Turkey are stranded following the devastating earthquake that struck the country on Monday. The Ghanaians who are students of the Gaziantep University in Turkey have been unable to obtain bus tickets to enable them leave the affected area to a safer city. The students have …

Ghana’s Ambassador to Turkey, Francisca Ashitey-Odunton, has disclosed that every Ghanaian resident at the epi-centre of the earthquake in Turkey has been accounted for with the exception of footballer Christian Atsu. Christian Atsu, who was trapped in the disaster caused by the earthquake in Turkey, was reported to have been rescued …

Christian Atsu, a famous footballer from Ghana, is believed to be one of the people trapped under the rubble of the terrible earthquake in Turkey. An alleged picture of the building he was in when the earthquake struck and it collapsed has since appeared on social media. The 7.5 magnitude …