Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nuri Ersoy was heavily criticized in his country after photos showed him vacationing ...

Middle East News: In a tragic incident at the Grand Kartal Hotel, prosecutors in Turkey are pushing for lengthy prison sentences for 32 individuals following a ski resort fire that resulted in 78 ...

A fire at a closed ski resort hotel in northwest Turkey killed an Olympic skier and his father Thursday, two months after a blaze at another Turkish winter resort left 79 dead.

The hotel at the Kartalkaya Ski Resort occurred at 3:27 a.m. local time, Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X (formerly Twitter). He said: "I wish God's mercy upon our citizens who lost their lives and a ...

A waitress who was in serious condition after jumping out of a burning hotel at a popular ski resort in Turkey has died from her injuries. It makes her the latest victim of tragedy that has ...

A fire at a ski resort in Turkey this week is now known to have killed 78 people, the justice ministry has announced, saying all the victims had now been identified.

The tragedy sparked calls for accountability and reform, and independent experts have said the Grand Kartal Hotel, at the Kartalkaya ski resort in western Turkey, lacked basic fire safety measures.

Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in the Bolu mountains. It took around 10 hours to control the fire, Anadolu Agency reported.

KARTALKAYA, Turkey: As soon as he escaped the burning ski resort hotel, Necmi Kepcetutan knew he had to help those still trapped inside who were screaming for help, including several of his young ...

A drone view shows the aftermath of a fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu, Turkey, on 21 January 2025 (Reuters/Murad Sezer) ...

Turkey fire: As many as 76 people were killed and 51 others sustained injuries after a fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in the country's northwestern region on Tuesday.