Antalya
Field visits made to prevent early marriages, says ministry
Family and Social Services Ministry has made field visits to cities with high rates of early and forced marriages, has prepared reports and has given training, within the scope of the prevention of early marriages.
Photos of Ottoman Empire’s first radiotelegraph station come to light
Photographs showing the original state of the Radiotelegraph Station, which was built in the ancient city of Patara in 1906 to provide communication between the Derne Port of Libya under the Ottoman rule and the Patara Port, have come to light.
The photos were published in the magazine called Servet-i Fünun in March 1906.
16th Kastellorizo-Kaş Swim Event to be held at weekend
Some 350 athletes from 16 countries will strike out in the 16th Kastellorizo-Kaş Open Water Swim Event, also known as "one race in two countries."
The seven-kilometer race will start on June 26 at 9 a.m. from Kastellorizo and end in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district.
Türkiye expects to have 19 mln tourists in first half of year
The number of foreign tourists visiting Türkiye will reach 19 million people as of end-June, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said.
Couple goes for 5-year round-the-world tour
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.
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Objects swallowed by children on display at Antalya hospital
Nearly 200 objects swallowed by children and extracted from their respiratory and digestive tracts have been put on display at a hospital corridor in the southern province of Antalya to raise awareness among parents to keep an eye on their children.
Passenger traffic at airports rises 94 pct in five months
Turkey's airports served 57 million passengers in January-May, a strong 94.2 percent increase from a year ago.
The international passenger tally rose by 161 percent on an annual basis in the first five months of the year to 28.4 million people, data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) showed on June 6.
Antalya Clock Tower’s original clock stolen, plastic one placed: Officials
The ongoing restoration works on the historical clock tower in the southern province of Antalya have revealed that the original clock inserted on the outer surface of the tower at the beginning of the 20th century was stolen and a plastic clock was put instead.
Hot weather starts ‘Carpet field’ season early
The Börekçi family and other families in the Döşemealtı district of the Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya returned to the fields two months earlier this year to lay their hand-woven carpets under the sun to give them their pastel colors.
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Famous beaches closed at night for Caretta caretta
Entering three famous beaches in the southern province of Antalya at night between 8 p.m. to sunrise has been banned with the start of the nesting season of the endangered Caretta caretta.
Those disobeying the rule on Çıralı, Olimpos and Patara beaches will be fined 109,785 Turkish Liras ($6,699).
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