Muğla

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has once again called on the country's Constitutional Court to release its jailed lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu. 

A 17-year-old waiter working at a hotel stabbed a Belarussian tourist to death in the touristic Marmaris district of the Aegean province of Muğla late on Sept. 23, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A Russian pilot was heavily wounded on Sept. 23 after falling 70 meters while parachuting in the Fethiye district of the Aegean province of Muğla, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The pilot, identified as İlia Ivanov, was in the touristic town of Ölüdeniz for parachuting purposes.

A forest fire broke out on the historic Gallipoli peninsula in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale on Sept. 15.

The fire was reportedly ignited due to sparks from a welding machine during construction work at the memorial of Ağadere Ağır Mecruhin Hospital in Çanakkale's Eceabat district.

A huge fire, which reduced to ash a total of 61 buildings and 250 hectares of forest in the western province of Muğla, was brought under control on Sept. 7

The fire broke out at noon of Sept. 6 in a forested area and spread to the Zeytinköy neighborhood in the Menteşe district of Muğla.

A forest fire engulfed the Menteşe district of the Aegean province of Muğla on Sept. 6, as officials have put forward efforts to evacuate a local neighborhood nearby, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The fire broke out in a forest in the Akbük neighborhood at around 2 p.m. and the flames shortly spread due to windy conditions.

Turkey's two world famous tourism spots, the southern province of Antalya and the western province of Muğla, are like haven for holiday goers with their beaches and coves. 

The 14th International Gümüşlük Classical Music Festival, organized in the western province of Muğla's resort town Bodrum, continued on Aug. 31 with a concert by young flutists at Toprak Ev. 

Eight hectares of forest land have been damaged in a fire that broke out in the Menteşe district of the Aegean province of Muğla on Sept. 1, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The century-old lily-white houses of Bodrum, a popular resort town in the western province of Muğla, are known for their wooden doors, blue windows and bougainvilleas.

It is popularly believed that the white paint of the houses, which give Bodrum such a distinctive look, keeps away insects while the blue windows combat the "evil eye."