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| − | <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 | + | <br>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities are investigating the death of an American author [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour trương gia giới] 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, chauffeured car and arrived in front of their 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 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 [http://www.gameinformer.com/search/searchresults.aspx?q=investigation investigation] into the death and his body was taken to a forensic medicine institution to be examined, Anadolu reported.<br> <br>The private DHA news agency said [http://news.sky.com/search?term=police%20recorded 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, 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, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] including in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Rwanda and Syria, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] 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> |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities are investigating the death of an American author tour trương gia giới 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.
Andre Vltchek, 57, and his wife were traveling inside a rented, chauffeured car and arrived in front of their Istanbul hotel at around 5:30 a.m.
Tuesday. His wife tried to wake him up to tell him they had arrived but could not do so, the Anadolu Agency reported.
Medical teams called to the scene declared him dead, it said.
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, Anadolu reported.
The private DHA news agency said police recorded his case as a "suspicious death."
Turkish media said he was Russian-born and became a naturalized U.S.
citizen.
The couple arrived in Turkey from Serbia on Sept. 12 and spent nine days in Samsun, 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.
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."
He covered dozens of war zones and conflicts, kynghidongduong.vn including in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Rwanda and Syria, tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn according to his website.
Vltchek authored numerous books, including "On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare" with linguist and scholar Noam Chomsky.
