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− | <br>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) | + | <br>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities are investigating the death of an American author and journalist who died while traveling overnight from the Turkish Black Sea coastal city of Samsun to Istanbul, Turkey´s state-run news agency reported Tuesday.<br> <br>Andre Vltchek, 57, and his wife were traveling inside a rented, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] chauffeured car and arrived in front of their [https://twitter.com/search?q=Istanbul%20hotel&src=typd Istanbul hotel] at around 5:30 a.m.<br>Tuesday. His wife tried to wake him up to tell him they had arrived but could not do so, the [https://openclipart.org/search/?query=Anadolu%20Agency Anadolu Agency] reported.<br> <br>Medical teams called to the scene declared him dead, it said.<br> <br>The Istanbul chief prosecutor´s office immediately launched an investigation into the death and his body was taken to a forensic medicine institution to be examined, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour viên gia giới] Anadolu reported.<br> <br>The private DHA news agency said police recorded his case as a "suspicious death."<br> <br>Turkish media said he was Russian-born and became a naturalized U.S.<br><br>citizen.<br> <br>The couple arrived in Turkey from Serbia on Sept. 12 and spent nine days in Samsun, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] his wife told investigators, NTV television said. Vtcheck had paralysis in one leg and diabetes and was taking two types of medicine, according to NTV.<br> <br>On his website, Vltchek described himself as a novelist, philosopher, filmmaker and investigative journalist as well as a "revolutionary, internationalist and globetrotter who fights against Western Imperialism and the Western regime imposed on the world."<br> <br>He covered dozens of war zones and conflicts, including in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Rwanda and Syria, according to his website.<br> <br>Vltchek authored numerous books, including "On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare" with linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky.<br> |