Turkey’s soccer championship final ended in a full-scale riot, as hundreds of angry fans of Istanbul‘s Fenerbahce reacted to their team’s goal-less tie. After the game, Fenerbahce fans stormed the field and tossed flares and plastic chairs. Police had to protect players with riot shields as they escaped to the locker rooms at Fenerbahce’s Sukru [...]

Continue reading " Turkey Soccer Championship Ends in Mass Riot (VIDEO) "

Here are your top stories for this Thursday evening, March 1, 2012: – U.S. Senate to vote on contraception measure – Istanbul bomb blast – Two Americans killed in Afghanistan – Costa Allegra passengers reaches dry land

Continue reading " Newsy Now: Top Stories for March 1 2012 (VIDEO) "

Score one for the good guys! Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo overpowered a potential hijacker as their plane landed in Istanbul on Wednesday. The man, identified as, Cuma Yasar, 40, started shouting threats after donning a ski mask and demanded that the aircraft head back to the Norwegian capital. Fortunately, two passengers [...]

Continue reading " Passengers Stop Hijacker in Istanbul (VIDEO) "

Nine women who had been duped into believing that they were reality show competitors and lured into a villa in Istanbul were freed by Turkish authorities after two months of captivity. Video cameras taped the women’s actions 24 hours per day, offering streaming video to internet users who paid to view the feed, according to [...]

Continue reading " WTF: Police Rescue 9 Women from Fake Big Brother House "