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A cynic would say that it's just another of the many online arguments that kick off every so often: The logos of Levi's, McDonalds, Apple, Marlboro and other American corporate giants that make up part of the set in the Greek National Opera's production of "Madama Butterfly" which is currently on at the Herod Atticus Theater have sparked outrage on social media.

Some 350 athletes from 16 countries will strike out in the 16th Kastellorizo-Kaş Open Water Swim Event, also known as "one race in two countries."

The seven-kilometer race will start on June 26 at 9 a.m. from Kastellorizo and end in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district.

A dolphin-figured stone, which was discovered during archaeological excavations conducted 10 years ago and was buried for its protection, has been placed in the Patara Lighthouse.

Despite worries over the possible fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war on the tourism industry, hopes are running high among Turkey's hoteliers that the country may attract a record number of holidaymakers from the U.K. this year.

Turkish athlete Şahika Ercümen broke the world record at variable weight freediving without using breathing on Oct. 26. 

Ercümen managed to complete 100-meter diving with the time of 2 minutes and 53 seconds in offshore Kaş, Turkey's southern province of Antalya.

Works for the "Lycia-Kaş Underwater Art Park," where replicas of smuggled historical Lycian civilization artifacts will be exhibited under the sea in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, will be finished soon.

Patara, a 2,000-year-old ancient city in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, which has traces of human life dating back to 6,000 years and was once the capital of the Lycian Union, has been drawing the attention of tourists. (Photos: Alamy)

The 640-kilometer coasts of the Mediterranean province of Antalya have great historical and ecological riches under water. Many colorful fish and marine species such as lapin, starfish, jellyfish, sea horse and others have been photographed for a book titled "Sualtı Cenneti Antalya" (Underwater Paradise Antalya.)

The census in Kosovo that was due to be held this year for the first time in ten years might have to be postponed due to the pandemic and last Sunday's early parliamentary elections, Kosovo's Agency for Statistics, KAS, told BIRN.

Patara, a 2,000-year-old ancient city in the southern province of Antalya's Kaş district, which has traces of human life dating back to 6,000 years and was once the capital of the Lycian Union, has been drawing the attention of tourists to the region even more after the year 2020 was marked as the "Year of Patara."