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Michael Gillard reports new developments in the previously reported matter of Turkey’s complaints about Sarah Ferguson (the Duchess of York) concerning her undercover exposé on the condition in state-run orphanages: The Queen’s lawyers have intervened to block the publication of a book about the Duchess of York’s exposé of child mistreatment in Turkey’s state-run orphanages. The move could help to defuse an escalating diplomatic row with Ankara that began when Sarah Ferguson and her youn

ANKARA - Turkey has asked London for legal assistance in connection with an undercover film in which the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, reported on the poor state of the country's orphanages, a government official said Wednesday. We have informa ...

Ankara - Turkey's social services board filed an official compliant Thursday against a British television documentary in which the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson bluffed her way into state-run orphanages for disabled children and secretly filmed sce...

BBC reports: The Duchess of York has been accused by a Turkish minister of smearing Turkey's image during a television documentary about orphanages. Nimet Cubukcu, minister for women and family, claimed the programme's "smudge campaign" was timed to coincide with a report on Turkey's bid to join the EU. [...] ITV spokeswoman Julia Fields said the documentary was justified. "This is a valid area of public interest at a time when the UK government is endorsing the accession of Turkey into the EU

ANKARA: Turkish officials have accused Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, of smearing Turkey’s image on a British television programme about state orphanages in Turkey ahead of a European Union membership report.