Rector of Drumbeg almost caught up in Turkey’s coup
Revd Willie Nixon, rector of Drumbeg is holidaying in Turkey with his family and has written in the Belfast News Letter of their experience of the recent coup and its overthrow.
They are staying in Turunc on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, north of the Greek island of Rhodes and in the next bay to Marmaris where President Erdogan was holidaying.
They heard gunfire and 2 bombs go off there early on Saturday morning and found themselves unable to safely leave the resort.
Revd Willie said: “We were thankful this happened on Friday night and not Wednesday night when we were in a hotel in Istanbul after missing our connecting flight to Dalaman.
“The hotel was just three miles from Ataturk airport – we missed the action by 48 hours. Time to thank God!”
He continued: “We are staying in Turkey for now, waiting for sister–in–law and mother and father–in–law to arrive next Thursday. Had they not been coming we may well have already been home.
Psalm 46 keeps us strong.”