The fire coincided with school holidays when many families from nearby Istanbul and Ankara head to the Bolu mountains to ski.

Among the detainees are Bolu municipality's deputy mayor responsible for the fire department, the fire chief, and the owner and the manager of the hotel.

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey's Bolu mountains killed 76 people and injured 51 others on Tuesday, forcing panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.

Witnesses have described standing helplessly and paralyzed by the horror of people screaming for help or jumping out of windows as flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort.

Turkey has detained nine people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, authorities said. Several funerals were held on Wednesday for families,

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Wisma Putra says it is closely monitoring the aftermath of the incident through its embassy in Ankara and consulate general in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have left many Kurds anxious about the path ahead.

Zafer Party leader Ümit Özdağ was arrested in Ankara within the scope of the investigation initiated against him due to “insulting the President” and he was brought to Istanbul in the morning of 21st of January 2025. The prosecutor's statement of Ümit Özdağ was completed.

PUTRAJAYA: No Malaysians have been reported among the casualties of the devastating fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort, Bolu, Turkiye, which claimed 76 lives and left 51 others injured.

ISTANBUL - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday that the new Syrian administration should be given an opportunity to address the presence of Kurdish militants in the country, and reiterated that the Turkish military would act if it did not.

Ankara Tava is a delicious and hearty Turkish lamb and rice dish made with tender, slow-cooked lamb pieces and spiced aromatic rice. It comes from Central Anatolia, where cooking with lamb and rice has been a tradition for generations.