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Bodrum, a renowned holiday destination in the western province of Muğla, has been named a finalist in the prestigious National Geographic magazine's "Best of the World 2025: Readers' Choice" selection.

The announcement, made on National Geographic Travel's Instagram account, which boasts more than 46.5 million followers, highlighted Bodrum's increasing global appeal.

Municipal teams have orchestrated efforts to diligently prepare over 80 public beaches in Türkiye's tourism hub Bodrum for the upcoming season, bracing for the imminent influx of visitors.

After public outcry and protests against the commercialization of coastal areas, the Muğla Tourism Environment Foundation (MUÇEV) decided to cancel the leasing of Akbük Beach in the Menteşe district of the Aegean province of Muğla.

Following the deadly quakes that jolted Türkiye's south in early February, an expected Istanbul tremor that experts for long have been warning about has come to the agenda once again, with the number of city's residents who prefer to settle down in Bodrum is on the rise.

People in droves have thronged to the famous resort town of Bodrum in the southwestern province of Muğla on the Aegean coast during the long Eid al-Adha holiday, causing traffic jams on the roads.

With yacht owners racing for a good spot to anchor their vessels in surrounding bays during their stay, the town's shoreline has become overcrowded as well.

Three rock tombs have been unearthed at a construction site in the western Turkish province of Bodrum’s Bitez neighborhood.

Six people were detained on Dec. 4 after preparing a speed boat anchored in the Bitez cove of Bodrum, aiming to illegally send migrants over to Greece. 

Coast Guard teams in the southwestern Turkish district of Bodrum searched Colombian tourists on Oct. 26 after suspecting that a family in a tour boat might be refugees trying to cross the Aegean Sea, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Tourists on the boat spotted people who were swimming with life jackets near the boat, believing that they were migrants. 

Some 82 migrants in four inflatable boats, in attempt to illegally reach the Greek island of Kos, have been captured by Coast Guard teams on Nov. 8.

The weather conditions and current, along with the high number of boat passengers, have raised risks during the journeys. Despite the risks, some boats and their passengers have survived the journey.

Eight people were wounded and dozens of cars were swept away in flooding after heavy rain on the evening of Sept. 22 in Turkey's Aegean resort town of Bodrum, just a day before the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday on Sept. 24.

The rain began pouring on the town's neighborhoods on the night of Sept. 22 and quickly made streets and avenues unpassable.