The Telegraph
 
 
IN TODAY'S PAPER
WEEKLY FEATURES
CITY NEWSLINES
FEEDS
  RSS
  My Yahoo!
SEARCH
 
Archives Web
 
ARCHIVES
Since 1st March, 1999
 
THE TELEGRAPH
 
 
Email This Page
Wife exchange

Istanbul, Dec. 8 (Reuters): A Turkish villager who ran away with his friend’s wife has offered his own wife in exchange, newspapers said today.

Farm labourer Cengiz Esme said Gulhan, his wife of 18 years, disappeared a month ago after leaving their village to go shopping in the southern Turkish town of Tarsus.

The 36-year-old said his village friend Mehmet Yaksi had telephoned him the next day and said: “I’ve run off with your wife.... You take my wife,” the Radikal daily said. Esme said he was ready to forgive her and make a fresh start.

Top
Email This Page

 More stories in International

  • Still friends despite kiss
  • China vows to expand rights
  • Tiger suicide raid sparks looting
  • Pak officials pounce on impounded cars
  • Charles due, Pak to hang Briton
  • BA faces heat over cross bar
  • Beatle 'wife-beater'