PAF's Squadron Leader Masood Hussain among two missing pilots in military jet crashed in Izmir, Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (Jan. 18) – According to Turkish General Staff reports; the search operation is still underway for the missing pilots aboard a jet of Turkish Air Force which was crashed off Foca Town of western province of Izmir.

PAF's Squadron Leader Masood Hussain among two missing pilots in military jet crashed in Izmir, Turkey

The T-37C military training jet crashed on Monday (January 16) afternoon during a training mission and a Turkish under-training pilot, Serkan Sagir, was aboard under the supervision of Squadron Leader Masood Hussain Chhachhar of Pakistan Air Force.

Squadron Leader Masood Hussain Chhachhar, reportedly was employed in Turkey in accordance with a military cooperation agreement between Turkey and Pakistan. 

Turkey's semi-official news agency Anatolia quoted Izmir Governor Cahit Kirac as saying that "According to eyewitnesses, the training plane crashed into the Aegean Sea about 7 to 8 kilometers north of Foca town at around 16:30 to 16:45 on Monday."

An emergency rescue team comprising of several ambulances, a CN-235 plane, a Cougar helicopter, three coast guard boats and a search and rescue ship of the Turkish navy, has searching vigorously for the pilots and remains of plane.

Any casualty could not be ascertained yet though some parts of the training jet has been recoved but no body has been found yet. The search and rescue operation is ongoing, according to the Turkish general staff.

Two Pilots Killed in Turkish F-4 Fighter Jet Crash: TRT Television

ANKARA, Turkey (Nov. 03) – Breaking News: Two pilots killed as a fighter jet of Turkish Air Force crashed during a normal training mission, Turkey’s state-run TV network reported.

Two Pilots Killed in Turkish F-4 Fighter Jet Crash

The TRT television reported that the F-4 fighter jet downed close to the central Anatolian city of Konya, home to a big air force base in Turkey, on Thursday.

No immediate cause of the crash is known while investigation is underway to establish the cause behind crash.

According to report; the F-4 fighter jets are dubbed publicly as ‘flying coffins’ due to their relatively high rate of mishaps. Turkish air force uses these F-4 fighter jets for training purposes only.

Ferhat Tokay, 13, Pulled Out of Rubble after 5 Days of Turkey Quake (Video and Photos)

ERCIS, Turkey (Oct. 28) – A teenage boy pulled out from the rubbles of a multi-storey building after five days of massive 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday.

Ferhat Tokay, 13, Pulled Out of Rubble after 5 Days of Turkey Quake

Ferhat Tokay, a 13-year-old boy, is the latest survivor who was pulled out of the wreckage of a collapsed building unscratched after being trapped for 5 days of strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey last Sunday.

Rescuers from Azerbaijan pulled teenage Tokay out of the rubble of a multi-storey building early on Friday. 

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Azra Karaduman: 14-day-old baby miraculously survived after 2 days of Turkey earthquake

ERCIS, Turkey - A 2-week-old baby has miraculously survived almost 48 hours trapped in rubble after a powerful earthquake struck in southeast Turkey.

Azra Karaduman: 14-day-old baby miraculously survived after 2 days of Turkey earthquake

The little girl, named locally as Azra Karaduman pulled out by rescuers from the rubble of an apartment building collapsed in Ercis as a result of strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday (Oct. 23).

Miraculously survived baby was quickly wrapped in a blanket and whisked away in an ambulance to the sound of overjoyed rescuers clapping.   

Hours later, the baby's mother, Semiha, was pulled from the wreckage of the building, where she had been pinned next to a sofa, and rushed to an ambulance.

Her grandmother was also rescued, AFP reported.

The father was also in the rubble, but it was unclear if he survived.


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Turkey Earthquake Video Showing the Scale and Extent of Destruction -- Death Toll Reaches 85

ANKARA, Turkey – The picture showing the scale of devastation and destruction caused by strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck today afternoon.

The Scale and Extent of Destruction Resulted by 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake in Eastern Turkey 

Dozens of buildings are reported collapsed and hundreds of people are trapped in the wreckage; while the rescue and emergency operations are underway.

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According to US Geological Survey (USGS); a strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey today at about 13:41 (10:41 GMT), some 19km (12 miles) north-east of the city of Van.

Turkey's Kandilli observatory, though, reported the magnitude of the quake as 6.6.

Several houses have been reported collapsed, according to Turkey's Anatolia news agency, yet no exact information available about the extent of any damage or loss of lives.

Dozens of people are feared to be trapped in the debris of 7-storey building in city of Van, near Iranian border, while rescue and emergency teams have already started their work to the save the people as much as possible.


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Eastern Turkey Rocked by 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake -- Many Feared Dead: Mayor Zulfikar Arapoglu

ANKARA, Turkey – According to US Geological Survey (USGS); a strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey today at about 13:41 (10:41 GMT), some 19km (12 miles) north-east of the city of Van.

Eastern Turkey Rocked by 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake

Turkey's Kandilli observatory, though, reported the magnitude of the quake as 6.6.

Several houses have been reported collapsed, according to Turkey's Anatolia news agency, yet no exact information available about the extent of any damage or loss of lives.

Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Van, told while talking to NTV channel, that there were so many dead. Several buildings had collapsed, there was too much destruction.

Dozens of people are feared to be trapped in the debris of 7-storey building in city of Van, near Iranian border, while rescue and emergency teams have already started their work to the save the people as much as possible.

Justice and Development Party of Tayyip Erdogan Leading in Turkey's Parliamentary Election

Tayyip Erdogan's Party Leading in Turkey's Parliamentary Election

ISTANBUL — Turkey's ruling party led by a wide margin in nearly complete returns from parliamentary elections on Sunday, state-run television reported, setting the stage for a third term in which the government is expected to seek an overhaul of the military-era constitution.

However, results indicated that the Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was not heading for a two-thirds majority in parliament, a shortcoming that would force it to seek support for constitutional change from other political groups.

With 97 percent of votes counted, Erdogan's party had won 50 percent of the votes, TRT reported. It said the Republican People's Party, the main opposition group, had 26 percent of the vote.

TRT said another opposition party, the Nationalist Action Party, had 13 percent of the vote, signaling it could stay in parliament by crossing a 10 percent vote threshold designed to keep out smaller parties.

According to the tally, the ruling party stood to win 327 seats in the 550-seat parliament, a comfortable majority that would ensure the continuation of its single-party rule. It had 331 seats in the outgoing parliament. Lawmakers serve four-year terms.

Several thousand supporters gathered Sunday night outside the ruling party headquarters in Ankara, chanting pro-government slogans and waving Turkish flags as they awaited Erdogan, who has made it a tradition to deliver a victory speech from the building's balcony.

About 50 million Turks, or two-thirds of the population, were eligible to vote.

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Soccer Facing Betting Allegations - FIFA to Investigate

ZURICH, Switzerland – BBC reports that FIFA has decided to launch an investigation on account the alleged betting charges in the most recent friendly fixtures of Latvia-Bolivia and Estonia-Bulgaria in Turkey; which ended up with total seven goals all through penalties awarded by referees supervising the matches. 

The match between Bulgaria and Estonia was played Turkish resort of Antalya on Wednesday. 

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