ISTANBUL, Feb 12 (Reuters) — A tornado ripped through a port area in Turkey’s western coastal province of Izmir overnight, flinging vehicles into the air, damaging buildings, toppling a crane and leaving 16 people injured, Turkish officials said on Friday. A rarity in Turkey, the tornado capsized boats, uprooted trees and sent debris from buildings…
Read MoreArtefacts found in a smuggler’s raid in Izmir, Turkey are now being examined by museum experts. Around 400 finds, including 500-year-old skulls from the South American-origin Jivaro tribe, mummy remains and paintings from the 18th century, were seized across two addresses in the city’s Aliağa district. Now Izmir Archaeological Museum experts are able to examine…
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