Babadag

Located in the country's Aegean province of Muğla's Fethiye district, Babadağ has witnessed a total of 138,158 paragliding flights —including training, amateur, and commercial flights — in just eight months.

Orkut Baysal, one of the athletes of the National Paragliding Team, lost his life as two parachutes collided and fell during the landing in southwestern province of Muğla's Fethiye district.

On April 29, 30-year-old professional paraglider Orkut Baysal jumped from the 1,700-meter runway of Babadağ in Ölüdeniz neighborhood with Andaç Ünsal, whom he was currently training.

Berk Acar, Türkiye's first district governor of Armenian origin starting his post in the western district of Babadağ at the beginning of the week has been embraced by residents without any discrimination.

Ölüdeniz, a perfect destination in the Turkish riviera for nature lovers with its magnificent scenery, turquoise glassy sea, and blue eco-friendly beaches, hosts parachute 2,000 jumpers from all over the world to celebrate the International Air Games Festival and to fly over the world-famous Blue Lagoon as well.

Heroes' Day will be marked on Thursday by the Romanian Naval Forces through numerous activities organized in Constanta, Braila, Tulcea, Babadag, Bucharest and in Ciurea commune, Iasi County, to honour the Romanian heroes who died in the line of duty over time.

A river originating in the Aegean province of Muğla's Fethiye district and reaching the Butterfly Valley is in danger of drying out due to the unauthorized use of the hotels, motels and hostels around the world-famous natural wonder.

Located 8.5 kilometers south of the resort town of Fethiye, Ölüdeniz is a well-known site for paragliding activities performed from Mt. Babadağ, which is a steep peak rising right next to the blue Mediterranean Sea. (AA Photo)

More than 165,000 people paraglided over the famous Mt. Babadağ of the Fethiye district in Turkey's southwestern Muğla province in 2019.

Mt. Babadağ in the resort town of Ölüdeniz, also known as Blue Lagoon, welcomes thousands of local and foreign tourists who want to paraglide every year.

A number of 300 Romanian and foreign servicemen are participating in the "Platinum Eagle 19.1" multinational exercise, a release of the National Defence Ministry (MApN) sent to AGERPRES informs.

The collaboration between Romanian and American armed forces in military exercises is an example for both countries, Charge d'affaires ad interim Dean Thompson of the US Embassy in Romania asserted on Tuesday, at the firing range of the Romanian Marines Battalion of Babadag. He was there on the Distinguished Visitors Day of the Platinum Eagle 15 multinational training module.