Mu?la

A caretta caretta nesting ground has been discovered in the Milas district of the Aegean province of Mu?la, leading authorities to taken it under protection with hedges.

The mayors of three Aegean resort towns in Turkey have called on the Education Ministry and Culture Ministry to postpone the reopening of schools by two weeks, in order for the tourism sector to compensate for the losses it has suffered this summer.

This year's excavations at the ancient city of Stratonikeia, which is located in the western province of Mu?la's Yata?an district and on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage Site list, have unearthed many Byzantine-era tombs. The ancient city is considered one of the world's largest marble cities. 

An international team of experts is examining a temple in the ancient city of Euromos, which is thought to have been left unfinished because of an economic crisis Work has started on the restoration of the Zeus Lepsynos Temple in the ancient city of Euromos, located in the western province of Mu?la's Milas district, with the Culture and Tourism Ministry and the General Directorate of Cu

More than 40 people drowned across Turkey in the week including the four-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, police said July 21.

According to figures compiled from police reports since July 14, at least 44 people drowned throughout the country, while three others remain missing.

Miranda Kerr visited the Turkish resort town of Datça a few days ago, stopping by the tiny town as part of her yacht trip. 

The 32-year-old model was travelling with her friends and sister when she visited Datça, a district of Mu?la province that lies on the shores of Aegean Sea.

This year's excavations have begun in the ancient city of Kaunos in the western province of Mu?la's Köyce?iz district. 

The head of the excavations, Professor Cengiz I??k, said work would continue in the city until October. 

After previously hosting refugees from Syria and Myanmar, the streets of Turkey's resort town of Bodrum are now being used as an outdoor camping site by Pakistani refugees. 

Bodrum's bazaar, known for its attraction for domestic and foreign tourists, has now become an outdoor home to many young Pakistani men who left their country for a better life.

Rabbits living on the Korsan (Pirate) Island in the western province of Mu?la's Marmaris district, have been surviving thanks to the care of people living in the region, who have carried water to the rabbits on the island every day for the past 14 years. 

An exhibition of famous Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis' maps has been opened in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district. The exhibiton at the Milta Bodrum Marina Ottoman Shipyard can be visited until July 23.