Arif Yılmaz

Teenagers using watersports vehicles putting selves, vacationers at risk in Turkish resort Bodrum

Children and teenagers using watersports vehicles in the Turkish resort Bodrum are endangering themselves and vacationers, the head of a watersports association in the district has said.

Bodrum Lifeguard and Water Sports Association Head Arif Yılmaz has urged vacationers and parents to be extra careful about jet-skies, speedboats and other watersports vehicles used by children.

Rare 'sharksucker fish' caught off Turkey's Muğla

A fisherman living in the Aegean province of Muğla caught a rare sharksucker fish, also known as a remora, on Oct. 19, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Locals in the Bodrum were shocked at seeing the animal which normally only lives in the tropics.
The rare fish was caught by 54-year-old amateur fisherman Mustafa Yıldızhan off the Yalı neighborhood of Bodrum.