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It’s no surprise Turkey is a popular destination for families, as Caroline O’Doherty discovered when she gave her two preschoolers their first taste of foreign travel with a package holiday to Kusadasi.

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A Turkish waiter has been jailed for life for the murder of two women from Co Down — but his father has walked free.

A Turkish waiter has been found guilty of murdering two Irishwomen on holiday two years ago, it was reported today.

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The teenage daughter of an Irishwoman murdered in Turkey was herself accused of aiding in the killing during a court session yesterday.

With just 300,000 traditional package holidays on the market this year — down from over a million at the height of the boom — tour operators are encouraging summer holidaymakers to book as early as possible.

THERE’S no doubt about it, Irish people are taking fewer foreign holidays.

THINK Turkey and the standard images of turbans, complex relationships with the Greeks and delightful sweets usually come to mind, often zooming into view on the back of a flying carpet.

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A TEENAGE girl whose boyfriend is the prime suspect in her mother’s murder has paid an emotional farewell at her funeral.

The Chief Celebrant at the funeral of Cathy Dinsmore, one of the two Co Down women murdered in Turkey last week, has said her family and friends' lives "have been turned upside down".

A teenager whose boyfriend is the prime suspect in her mother's murder said an emotional farewell at her funeral today.

Two women stabbed to death as they holidayed in Turkey are to be buried in the North today.

TWO towns fell silent last night as the bodies of the Irishwomen murdered in Turkey were brought home.

The remains of two Newry women who were killed in Turkey last week have arrived back in Ireland this afternoon.

The bodies of two Irish women murdered in Turkey are expected home today.

The prime suspect in the killing of two women in Turkey may be held in prison until the end of Ramadan.

The teenage daughter of a woman murdered with her best friend on holiday in Turkey is back in the North this morning.

THE teenage daughter of a woman murdered with her best friend on holiday in Turkey arrived home to the North last night.

The teenage daughter of a woman murdered with her best friend on holiday in Turkey arrived home in the North tonight.

The bodies of two women killed in Turkey last week have been released to their families for repatriation.

The teenage daughter of a woman murdered with her best friend on holiday in Turkey is expected back home in the North tonight.

AS arrangements to repatriate the bodies of two Northern Ireland women murdered while on holiday in Turkey were being finalised, the age of the chief suspect was called into question.

Uncertainty over the exact age of the chief suspect in the murder of two Irish women in Turkey could have major implications on a potential punishment, it has emerged.

Fresh details have emerged about the Turkish waiter, whose has been accused of killing two Irish women while they were on holiday in Turkey last week.

Arrangements were being made today for the bodies of two best friends stabbed to death in Turkey to be brought home.

The former partner of a woman stabbed to death with her best friend in Turkey has arrived in the country to begin making arrangements to have their bodies brought home.

The former partner of a woman stabbed to death with her best friend in Turkey has left Ireland to travel to the country.

A woman and her best friend were stabbed to death on holiday in Turkey after she refused a waiter’s proposal to marry her 15-year-old daughter, sources said.

THE ex-partner of one of the two Irish women stabbed to death in Turkey has spoken of the concerns he had about the year-long relationship his 15-year-old daughter had with the alleged killer.

A woman and her best friend were stabbed to death on holiday in Turkey after she refused a waiter’s proposal to marry her 15-year-old daughter, sources said today.

The prime and only suspect over the murders of two Irish women in Turkey is a teenage waiter who had been in relationship with the daughter of one of the victims, sources said today.

The stabbing to death of two Irish women in Turkey may have happened after one of the dead women refused to allow the teenage murder suspect marry her daughter, local reports have said.

Two women from the North, who were travelling on Irish passports, have been stabbed to death in Turkey.

FROM Sligo to Saudi, Kilkee to Kusadasi and Navan to Nairobi — Irish holidaymakers are nothing if not adventurous, at least online.

DIRECT flights from Dublin and Cork to Turkey have helped ease the path for Wings Abroad to build up their profile in the Irish market.

TRAILFINDERS have again linked with Etihad Airways to feature late deals to Malaysia, but interested clients need to be fast — bookings have to be made by tomorrow.