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Following complaints about damage caused by cows and sheep of locals living within the borders of Patara, the ancient capital of Lycia, the Demre Museum Directorate has launched a project to expropriate private properties within this first-degree archaeological site.

A dolphin show center operating in the southwestern province of Muğla's Marmaris district, where five dolphins died within one-and-a-half years, has been finally closed for good.

Turkish travel writers have listed the most 10 beautiful coves one can visit during a blue voyage in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Seas, with the Cove of Bedri Rahmi topping the list.

The cove in the southwestern province of Muğla's Göcek neighborhood is named after famous Turkish poet, writer, and painter Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, who died in 1975 at the age of 64.

The monumental inscription, a part of the lighthouse in the ancient city of Patara in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district has taken its original place.

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.

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.

Ahmet Muhsin Tüzer, who once made headlines in local media as "rock singer" imam, has applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to get his job back.

While serving as an imam in the Mediterranean province of Antalya's Kaş district, Tüzer formed a band named "FiRock" with famous rock guitarist Doğan Sakin and released a single in 2013.

Works for the "Lycia-Kaş Underwater Art Park," where replicas of smuggled historical Lycian civilization artifacts will be exhibited under the sea in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, will be finished soon.

Firefighters are battling to contain forest fires that erupted on June 27 in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Muğla's Marmaris, a famous resort town that sacrifices its dense forests due to the forest fires that break out every summer.

Patara, a 2,000-year-old ancient city in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, which has traces of human life dating back to 6,000 years and was once the capital of the Lycian Union, has been drawing the attention of tourists. (Photos: Alamy)