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The construction of a five-story hotel in the Mediterranean province of Antalya has been completed in an area where only two-story buildings were permitted, despite a municipality decree suggesting the demolition of the illegally-constructed three extra stories, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Turkey’s tourism capital Antalya braces to host the 10th annual meeting of the G-20 countries, set to be followed by 2,500 Turkish and international journalists on Nov. 15 and 16

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.

Four people were arrested by a local court in Turkey's southern province of Antalya on Nov. 8 for ties to the production and sale of bootleg alcohol.

An Antalya court ruled the arrest of four suspects, identified only with their initials M.A, ?.Ç, ?.Y. and M.M., who were among six suspects detained in the city after 560 bottles of bootleg alcohol were seized in an operation.

Turkey's and Europe's first underwater museum has officially opened in Antalya. The museum displays 110 sculptures in five different themes Taking a pioneering step for both Turkey and the European continent, cultural and trade officials in the southern district of Side have cut the ribbon on a new underwater museum on the Mediterranean.

Terrified tourists screamed in horror and fled for their lives from a poolside at Club Hotel Pineta in Marmaris. The incident was part of a prank by the Turkish hotel staff that dressed up as ISIS killers that pretended to carry out a gun attack.

TAV Airports has said it will now operate the international terminal of Milas-Bodrum Airport, a major tourism destination in Turkey, in addition to its domestic terminal in a press release on Oct. 22. 

As winner of the tender held last year for a bid amount of 717 million euros plus value-added taxes, TAV will operate Milas-Bodrum Airport until 2035.

At least 12 migrants have drowned after a boat attempting to reach the Greek island of Lesbos sank in the Aegean Sea inside Turkish territorial waters on Oct. 17, Do?an News Agency reported, noting that 23 others were rescued.

Some 200 migrants of Syrian origin, who had been attempting to reach the European Union, have been saved from within a truck that was abandoned by its driver in a parking lot in Turkey?s Aegean province of ?zmir.