Author: Belgin Hazan

A surgeon has issued a warning over the hidden dangers faced by Brits who fly abroad for cheap cosmetics operations. Tens of thousands of UK residents flock to hotspots like Turkey and Poland to get cosmetic procedures at a fraction of the price it costs at home. But too many people make the mistake of failing to understand exactly what the process involves, and what can go wrong, Dr Ahmed Alsayed said. Dr Alsayed, who is lead surgeon and medical director at plastic surgery specialists Signature Clinic, said: “Medical tourism is on the rise and thousands of Brits travel abroad each…

The family of a woman who is on life support in Turkey after having a seizure have said she is “desperately needed back in the UK with her babies”. Melissa Kinsella, 30, of Wirral, was on holiday with 16 family members when she collapsed on Monday, her partner’s sister in-law Stacy Shaw said. Ms Shaw said it costs more than £40,000 for an air ambulance to bring her home. MP Angela Eagle said she had raised Ms Kinsella’s “incredibly distressing” plight with ministers. She was working with the family to get her the best care and home as soon as…

Twitter’s decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar demands made by Turkey in the past. He said he believed the tech sector should stand together in defending free access to information. Twitter’s owner Elon Musk said Turkey had threatened to block the whole site. In 2014, Turkish President Recep Erdogan did exactly that, vowing to “wipe out” the social network after corruption allegations about his administration were shared on the…

The Kazakh government will focus on implementing the election program of recently reelected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov at the Government meeting on Dec. 14, reported the Prime Minister’s press service. “The government will focus on building a new state policy based on three interrelated principles of Just State – Just Economy – Just Society. I, as the Prime Minister, will do my best to achieve the goals set by the President. Every member of the government is expected to work hard so that every person would see the result,” Smailov said. According to him, the National…

As we near the end of 2022, I would like to analyze the past 12 months in terms of Türkiye’s relations with other countries. For starters, I can say that this year has turned into a year of defreezing relations with countries that Türkiye had problems with. We have seen easing tensions with different countries like Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which I think is in the interests of Türkiye. There are also positive steps taken between Türkiye and Armenia and a move is expected concerning the relations between Syria and Türkiye. So we can say…