Muğla

The district headquarters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the Bodrum district of the western province of Muğla has hung a banner condemning the recent assault on a woman on a public bus in Istanbul for wearing shorts, saying "only a baby in her womb has the right to kick a woman."

Interest in the southwestern province of Muğla's culture tourism has been increasing in recent years thanks to promotional works, as well as the contribution of the cinema and TV sector. 

Şenol Özbakan, a former deck-man who adopts abandoned golden retriever dogs in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district, has thousands of followers on his social media accounts thanks to his "Golden Gang." 

The 56-year-old Özbakan, who lives with his 13 dogs in his old minibus parked in Bodrum's industrial site, draws attention for his life. 

Popular multilingual open-mic night Spoken Word Istanbul is organizing its second "Writers' Retreat" in the idyllic Datça district of the southwestern province of Muğla. 

A total of 10 new heritage sites from Turkey have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Tentative List. 

The Akçapınar coast in the southwestern province of Muğla's town of Akyaka, which was declared a slow city in 2010 by the International Slow City Association (Cittaslow), is hosting windsurf and kitesurf aficionados from Turkey and European countries thanks to its constant strong winds.

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has again warned Bulgarian citizens visiting Turkey to exercise high vigilance and caution in view of increased risk of terror attacks.

Bulgarian citizens are also being advised to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey.

Turkish police on March 13 detained three people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top officials on Twitter, after raiding their homes.
      
The raids were the latest in a string of actions against critics of Erdogan on Twitter, as activists express growing alarm over the limits on freedom of expression in Turkey.
      

Turkish police on March 13 detained three people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top officials on Twitter, after raiding their homes.
      
The raids were the latest in a string of actions against critics of Erdogan on Twitter, as activists express growing alarm over the limits on freedom of expression in Turkey.
      

A fishing vessel carrying illegal Syrian immigrants sank off of Turkey's southwestern province of Muğla.