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LGBTI activist Mehmet Tarhan, who refused to serve in the Turkish military in 2001 but was forcibly drafted in 2005, has been detained on a charge of "defying military law" in the western province of Ayd?n, according to a message posted on his Twitter account.

The first provincial assembly September meeting in the western province of Ayd?n was held in the ancient site of Nysa in the historical Caria region, where assemblies of elders gathered 1,800 years ago. 

The meeting marked a historical moment at the ancient Bouletion Assembly Hall where the Metropolitan Municipality Assembly members gathered, along with locals.

An almost 600-year-old historic bridge in the Aegean province of Ayd?n will be rebuilt after it collapsed this past January during restoration works. 

The bridge over the Dandalaz creek in the Karacasu district of Ayd?n, which also boasts the ancient city of Aphrodisias nearby, collapsed on Jan. 30 during renovations.

Excavation works in the Temple of Apollo in the western province of Ayd?n's Didim district have unearthed the foundations of a giant structure, thought to have connections with the temple. 

The works have been carried out by the German Halle Martin Luther University, the German Archaeology Institute and the Milet Museum Directorate. 

A total of 2,027 properties in Turkey were sold to foreigners in July 2015, marking a 37.6 percent increase from the same month last year.

Two sewer workers have died after purportedly inhaling methane gas while on duty cleaning a sewer in Ku?adas?, a resort town in the Aegean province of Ayd?n.

Four municipal workers have been injured by a lightning strike while working in a graveyard in the western province of Denizli.

Ayhan Aday, Adil Ortaç, Erdal Nazal? and Mevlüt Öksüz, who are employees at Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, were injured while digging a grave in Denizli's Kale district when lightning struck on Aug. 2.

As many as 22 workers in a textile factory in the western province of Ayd?n have been poisoned out of a gas leakage in the factory's ventilation system, with all the poisoned reported to be in good condition.

The house sales in Turkey have increased by 19.1 percent to 110,657 units in June 2015, in comparison with last year's rates, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) on July 24.

TÜ?K reports showed that the mortgaged house sales have also increased to a volume of 40,503, with a rise of 26.5 percent over the same period.

One migrant died and 29 others went missing on July 7 when a boat carrying migrants heading to the EU capsized off Turkey?s Aegean coast.