Day: June 29, 2016

    The leaders of political parties in the Turkish Opposition were quick to criticize President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after he signed the reconciliation agreement with Israel. “Are you with your country, with justice or with those Israeli soldiers who killed [Turkish citizens]?” asked the senior level Opposition members. The Turkish newspaper Sabah reported today (Wednesday) that the Turkish Opposition attacked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for signing the reconciliation agreement with Israel. The heads of the political parties in the Opposition asked Erdoğan: “Are you with your country, with justice or with those Israeli soldiers who killed [Turkish citizens]?” Head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu slammed the President and accused him of favoring t...

    Prophetess Baba Vanga - who died in 1996 aged 85 - was known as the 'Nostradamus from the Balkans'. The Bulgarian is revered in Russia for her 85% success rate when it comes to telling the future - with millions convinced that she possessed paranormal abilities. Now it transpires the clairvoyant made a staggering prophecy on Europe which theorists are linking to Brexit . In fact Baba predicted that Europe as we know it will “cease to exist” by the end of 2016. Moreover she claimed the continent will be left “almost empty” - and be turned into a “wasteland almost entirely devoid of any form of life”. Baba's believers also fear her prediction of a “great Muslim war” and an invasion of Europe by Muslim extremists - stemming from the Arab Spring in 2010 - and conflict in Syria...

    A gun and bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk international airport has killed 36 people and injured about 90. Three attackers opened fire near an entry point to the terminal and blew themselves up after police fired at them, officials say. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said early signs suggested the so-called Islamic State was behind the attack. Recent bombings in Turkey have been linked to either IS or Kurdish separatists. Tuesday's attack looks like a major co-ordinated assault, says the BBC's Mark Lowen. Ataturk airport was long seen as a vulnerable target, our Turkey correspondent adds, reporting from a plane stuck on the tarmac in Istanbul. There are X-ray scanners at the entrance to the terminal but security checks for cars are limited.Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...