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The death of a British woman after she underwent a “Brazilian butt lift” in Turkey has prompted a senior coroner to write to the health secretary over concerns that people are unaware of the risks of pursuing cosmetic surgery overseas.

A dramatic and complex international rescue operation to save an American man from one of Turkey’s deepest caves ended successfully on Tuesday – more than a week after after he fell seriously ill and became too frail to make his own way out.

The 40-year-old American embarked on an expedition to map out one of the deepest cave systems in the world but fell after falling ill

The cave, known as Morca Cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains, is nearly a mile deep underground at its lowest point. Mark Dickey, a cave explorer with 20 years of experience, had been co-leading a team to map a new passage in the cave when he began to suffer from stomach problems.

At least 10,000 people are missing and around 3,000 feared dead in Libya after a huge storm triggered flash floods that burst dams, swept away buildings and left bodies “lying everywhere”.Destruction came to the city of Derna,

Turkey has announced that revered auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s drama “About Dry Grasses” has been selected as the country’s entry for the Academy Awards’ International Feature Film category. “Dry Grasses” world premiered at Cannes this year,

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