Manavgat

A baby goat that was born in massive flames in Turkey's southern Antalya province has been named "Miracle."

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Sercan Bayat returned to his farm hours after he was evacuated because of forest fires to find a baby goat among perished farm animals in the burned woodland in Manavgat district.

He said fires reached his village right after they began.

Authorities have found the bodies of two people killed during firefighting operations in Turkey's southern Antalya province, sources said on July 31, raising the overall death toll to six.

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A massive forest fire in Turkey's Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya has killed three people, official sources said on July 29.

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A massive fire erupted in two different locations in the southern province of Antalya's Manavgat district has destroyed dozens of hectares of forest cover and caused the evacuation of five settlements.

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The cause of the fires in the Yeniköy and Side neighborhoods of the district is still unknown.

A cafe owner from the Black Sea province of Çorum threw a wish bottle full of messages his customers had penned down into the Mediterranean Sea on April 1, praying that all their wishes come true.

"There were some 2,000 messages collected in three years in our wish bottle," said Levent Turan, the owner of Kahve Leb-i.

Turkish Agricultural Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that 23 fallow deer that will be released into nature in the western Manavgat and Köyceğiz districts are now in an adaptation process.

In the excavations carried out within the scope of the development plan for the purpose of conservation in the ancient city of Side in the southern province of Antalya's Manavgat district, Roman-era mosaics and church ruins with various animal figures have been unearthed.

Vandals have damaged historic structures by spray painting them in the ancient city of Side in the Mediterranean province of Antalya's Manavgat district. Side Museum Director Güner Kozdere showed his anger to the vandals by sharing the photos of the structures on social media.

A seven-year-old Russian girl died on June 12 after she fell off a hotel's balcony in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Mirra Boraday had come to Turkey from Russia with her family to spend their holiday in Antalya's Manavgat district.

Turkey now boasts the second-largest number of beaches with "Blue Flag" certificates following a large rise this year, according to the Turkey Foundation for Environmental Education (TÜRÇEV).