Turkish Riviera

Archaeological excavations in the 2,600-year-old ancient city of Knidos in the western province of Muğla's Datça district have unearthed new structures. 

The number of tourists visiting the Mediterranean resort of Antalya by air saw a 47 percent decrease in the first nine months of 2016 compared to last year, plummeting to 4.7 million, as Turkey's tourist industry continues to struggle with a number of headwinds. 

A police officer was killed on Sept. 28 when a gun under his pillow allegedly fired accidentally in the Köyceğiz district of the Aegean province of Muğla, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Fatih Keskin, 42, who had been working as a police officer for 21 years, was allegedly killed when the gun under his pillow accidently fired and shot him in the head.

The district headquarters of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the Bodrum district of the western province of Muğla has hung a banner condemning the recent assault on a woman on a public bus in Istanbul for wearing shorts, saying "only a baby in her womb has the right to kick a woman."

Popular multilingual open-mic night Spoken Word Istanbul is organizing its second "Writers' Retreat" in the idyllic Datça district of the southwestern province of Muğla. 

The 53rd Antalya International Film Festival will be held this year between Oct. 16 and 23. 

At a recent press conference in Istanbul, Antalya Mayor Menderes Türel said they added two special film selections to the festival program related to the current political situation. 

Excavations carried out for more than 100 years by the Austrian Archaeology Institute in the ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey have been cancelled two months before scheduled this season, through a decision by the Turkish Foreign Ministry. 

An Antalya court ordered the arrest of the captain of a tour boat on Sept. 6 after an accident killed two people off the Mediterranean resort of Antalya last week, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The captain, identified only as A.T., two staff members and the owner of the tour boat have been referred to court after testifying to the prosecutor.

One of the world's richest plate sets from the Eastern Roman Empire has been discovered off the coast of the southern province of Antalya's Adrasan district. 

One of the world's richest plate sets from the Eastern Roman Empire has been discovered off the coast of the southern province of Antalya's Adrasan district.