Fethiye

There are no spots to sunbathe free of charge in one of Turkey's most famous resort towns, Fethiye, located in the southwestern province of Muğla.

The issue of cabin-tents for private rental on the beaches had previously come to the agenda when people could not find spots to sunbathe on Kumburnu beach in Ölüdeniz, one of the most famous coves in the world.

Some 10 decares of forest land was destroyed by a fire on Aug. 24 in the Fethiye district of the Aegean province of Muğla, a local forestry official has stated.

The fire, which broke out at around 3:40 p.m in a forested area above Karaot Beach in the Yanıklar neighborhood, was taken under control after firefighters battled for two hours to extinguish the fire.

A view of the archaeological site of the Roma Agora in central Athens where restoration work was completed last week on the 17th century Fethiye Mosque. The building is now accessible to the public. It was built around 1670 on the ruins of a Christian basilica dating to the 8th or 9th century and was considered an important architectural monument.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his family came to Turkey on holiday last week. Johnson, his wife, and his four children secretly landed at the Dalaman airport and arrived at the Turkish resort in Muğla's Göcek via a gulet sailboat.

Johnson and his family visited the bays of Göcek, Dalyan, and Fethiye during the week and took a swim in the various Aegean bays.

An 87-year-old local woman has impressed social media with her paragliding skills in the Aegean province of Muğla, Doğan News Agency reported on May 21. 

A Russian tourist died on May 5 in a parachute accident in the Aegean resort of Fethiye, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The 26-year-old Anastasia Zakharova came to Fethiye for both vacation and parachute training. She climbed to the Babadağ Mountain at around 10:30 a.m. and made a solo jump from the 1,700 meter court.

In the western province Muğla, the local tourism managers and hotel owners association, DOKTOB, took matters into their own hands after realizing that the doors of Europe were shutting down. They turned their eyes to other and distant regions. 

The 2,400 year-old tombs surrounded by garbage and weeds in the ancient city of Telmessos in the touristic southwestern province of Mu?la's Fethiye district have been cleaned up after negative reactions. 

As part of the clean-up, two trucks of garbage were removed by the Fethiye Museum Directorate and the Fethiye Municipality. 

A total of 908 tourism facilities are for sale in Turkey's Aegean coastline amid the diplomatic crisis with Russia and security concerns, a Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy has said. 

The unique houses at the ancient site of Kayaköy in western Mu?la province are being threatened by the trees and plants growing in, on and around them, officials warnA number of architectural structures in the 3,000-year-old ancient site of Kayaköy in the western province of Mu?la are being threatened by local flora, as trees and plant life have damaged the walls of the old buildings.