Bodrum

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake hit the Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast early on July 21.
 
At least two people, one of them was Turkish citizen, were killed on the Greek island of Kos after the strong earthquake.

Several people were also injured in the Aegean province of Muğla.

Turkish writer Metin Hara who was seen together with Brazilian top model Adriana Lima on July 10 denied claims that their relationship was a "publicity stunt" on his official social media account on July 13.

Hara, 35, and the Victoria's Secret angel were first spotted by the media while the two were passionately kissing in Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul on July 10. 

The relationship between Turkish writer Metin Hara and Brazilian top model Adriana Lima has been claimed to be a publicity stunt. 

Hara and the Victoria's Secret angel were first spotted by the media while the two were passionately kissing in Atatürk International Airport in Istanbul on July 10. 

"As always" my friend Zeynep said on the phone, tired but in an incredibly excited voice, "there is a bit of chaos here at the [main opposition Republican People's Party] CHP's final rally in Istanbul. But I have never seen anything like this before.

An exhibition featuring just one painting of Turkish artist Tuncay Yurtsever has opened at the Mor Art Gallery in the resort district of Bodrum. 

The exhibition displays one painting of the rug of the artist's grandfather, made using 60,000 pins, which is a world record. 

A recent athletics competition in the western touristic district of Bodrum has been lambasted due to the severe lack of proper equipment and officials, prompting Youth and Sports Ministry to launch an investigation.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık on Feb. 5 called on Greece to solve the problems between the two neighbors through dialogue amid escalating tensions between the two NATO allies. 

Işık said the neighboring countries should work together to solve their problems, while adding that "provocative statements" of his Greek counterpart, Panos Kammenos, must end. 

Coast Guard teams in the southwestern Turkish district of Bodrum searched Colombian tourists on Oct. 26 after suspecting that a family in a tour boat might be refugees trying to cross the Aegean Sea, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Tourists on the boat spotted people who were swimming with life jackets near the boat, believing that they were migrants. 

Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who drowned in the Aegean and washed ashore at a beach in Turkey’s touristic district of Bodrum, has inspired 19 drawings critical of international refugee policies.

Pictures of the dead body of a small boy swept to Turkey?s Aegean cost on the morning of Sept. 2 shattered the hearts of millions in the country.