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From bustling bazaars by the Bosphorus, to following in the footsteps of The Fisherman, Eoin Edwards gained a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he undertook a tour of Istanbul and the Holy Land.

IT WAS STILL snowing hard in Turkey -— Istanbul on the Bosphorus was trying to come to terms with the unexpectedly heavy fall. 

ONE of world’s rarest mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal, has returned to the Adriatic coast.

Just as we near the winner’s post in the Race to Dubai, Tiger Woods could easily throw an untimely spanner into the works of crowning this year’s eventual European Tour No. 1.

Victoria White visits Istanbul’s Taksim Square and the takes the pulse of a country on the edge.

Protesters have set up barricades in Istanbul’s streets after Turkish riot police cleared out the occupation of a park at the centre of the strongest challenge to prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year tenure.

Turkish police have let off tear gas and pressurised water against groups of protesters trying to reach a main Istanbul square for a second day of anti-government demonstrations.

Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

THERE are places one loves before ever seeing them. Istanbul, an ancient metropolis astride two continents, is a good example, conjuring up romance and mystery, a marriage of east and west, both exotic and familiar to western eyes.

TURKEY is to build a “crazy and magnificent” canal to bypass the tanker-clogged Bosphorus in a massive feat of engineering.

Turkey is to build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus.

PATRICE EVRA has jokingly threatened to join in the booing of Carlos Tevez if his good friend turns out in Sunday’s Manchester derby.

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ZEUS, married to Hera, had a ‘fling’ with Io. For Io’s protection, Zeus turned her into a cow.

The US will send an extra billion dollars to Georgia to help the pro-Western former Soviet republic in the wake of Russia’s invasion, President George Bush said today.

Thousands of people have gathered on the site of former WWI battlefields in Turkey for a ceremony to remember those who died in the devastating Battle of Gallipoli 93 years ago.

Liverpool’s obvious need to win their Champions League group A clash in the Inonu Stadium on the banks of the Bosphorus was underlined by the inclusion of two wingers – Ryan Babel and Jermaine Pennant – in boss Rafael Benitez’s starting line-up.

Richard Collins on the Dutchman who built a replica of Noah’s Ark.

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Steven Gerrard today described his decision to quit Liverpool as "the hardest of his life".

Rafael Benitez has promised the Premiership they will see a different Liverpool this season.

THOSE who still advocate the ‘Bertiebowl’ over the redevelopment of dear old Lansdowne Road should take a trip from the centre of Istanbul out to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where tonight’s Champions’ League final between Liverpool and AC Milan will be played in front of 70,000 people.

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ALEX FERGUSON bundled Cristiano Ronaldo aboard Manchester United’s charter flight to Turkey with a reminder to the precocious Portuguese teenager that he is still just a kid.

Alex Ferguson bundled Cristiano Ronaldo aboard Manchester United’s charter flight to Turkey with a reminder to the precocious Portuguese teenager that he is still just a kid.

NATO will deploy AWACS early warning aircraft to enforce a no-fly zone over Istanbul during the alliance’s summit in the Turkish city later this month.

Four people were missing and 15 others were injured after a Turkish pleasure boat carrying university graduates collided with a ship carrying steel in Istanbul’s Bosphorus straits.