Aydın Province

Two new areas boasting the natural growth of the endemic plant species "Tülüşah," which faces the threat of extinction, have been discovered in the Kuşadası district of Türkiye's western Aydın province, prompting conservation efforts.

It has been reported that a 2,350-year-old tumulus, found during the surface surveys in the ancient city of Pygela in 2022 in the Kuşadası district of the western province of Aydın and surrounded by a 23.5-meter-long wall and will bring in tourism.

Important findings that have been obtained in the first scientific underwater excavation in the Kerpe region of Kocaeli's Kandıra district reveal that the region was an important point of maritime trade without interruption from the ancient period to the Ottoman period.

Believed to have hosted one of the earliest settlements of the western province of Aydın, Deştepe Mound is waiting to come to the surface as it is positioned among the buildings rising around it in the Kemer neighborhood of the Efeler district.

A man returned to school after 40 years to graduate from engineering school at the age of 63.

Üzeyir Aydın had to drop out of the civil engineering department at a university in the province of Balıkesir that he enrolled in 1978 due to financial problems.

"It was 1983 when I had to stop studying because my family was going through hard times," Aydın recalled.

An 1,800-year-old marble bathtub, which was about to be sold by smugglers in the western province of Aydın's Karacasu district, has been delivered to the Aphrodisias Museum Directorate.

It was reported that the bathtub, with the lion's head reliefs on it, is unique in Turkey as it is made of marble entirely.

Archaeologists have found a sewer system believed to be 1,800 years old during excavations in the ancient city of Mastaura in the western province of Aydın's Nazilli district.

Experts have been working on the site, located inside a narrow valley and some 3 kilometers north of Nazilli, for the past two years.

Claimed to be the place where the first horse races were organized in the world and known as the Las Vegas of the period with its entertainment centers, the ancient city of Alabanda in western Turkey is waiting to welcome visitors.

A body found in Greek territorial waters has been confirmed to be a Turkish man who was reported missing seven months ago in the Aegean province of Aydın's Didim district.

An examination was initiated soon after the body was found off the coast of Greece.

Thousands of people have come together to watch a camel wrestling festival held in the Aegean province of Aydın's Nazilli district.

More than 180 camels, their owners and nearly 20,000 spectators from the neighboring provinces and towns attended the event which turned into a picnic-style party after some of the visitors set up their own barbeques and tables.