Ümit Uysal

A couple has set sail for a five-year round-the-world tour on their yacht with a special ceremony in the southern province of Antalya.

"This was my childhood dream," Sezgin Tekin, a 63-year-old lawyer, told İhlas News Agency on June 16, just before the departure.

His wife, Betül Tekin, a 59-year-old retired teacher, will accompany him on this journey.

A number of district mayors from opposition parties in the Mediterranean Turkish province of Antalya have said they were not allowed to go abroad to attend a key recent tourism event in Moscow due to the ongoing state of emergency. 

Kaleiçi, the historic city center in the southern province of Antalya's Muratpa?a district, will be submitted to UNESCO in May for inclusion on the World Heritage List. The historic district has a rich history, from the Pergamon Kingdom through the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods. 

A Turkish man has succumbed to his wounds after setting himself on fire in the southern province of Antalya on Feb. 8 in protest at his unemployment. 

After the Antalya Municipality refused to provide a stage to the Antalya Theater Festival this year, its Muratpa?a District Municipality has offered to host the festival, which is allegedly under fire from the government over its hosting of actors critical of the Turkish government.