Bodrum

A Mediterranean monk seal appeared on the surface of the water and posed for the cameras off the Cennet Beach in Turkey?s touristic district of Bodrum.

The endangered species appeared in the sea off Bodrum?s Göltürkbükü neighborhood before disappearing back into the Aegean. 

Syrian refugees passed through a beach club at a Turkish resort as some of the hotel guests were engaged in a yoga session on the beach. The Turkish Coast Guard has captured almost 1,800 migrants like them on the Aegean over the past four days.

An exhibition of famous Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis' maps has been opened in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district. The exhibiton at the Milta Bodrum Marina Ottoman Shipyard can be visited until July 23.

Turkey?s tourism sector is going through a difficult season due to declining Russian and European tourist numbers as well as continuing cold weather conditions, tourism representatives have said, while complaining about weak support from government officials. 

Members of the Advantage Travel Partnerships, the UK?s largest independent travel agency partnership, will hold their annual conference in the Aegean province of Bodrum through May 15-18. 

Salvage excavations have started in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district after ancient tombs were unearthed during drilling works in a construction area.

The tombs are believed to have been the necropolis of Halicarnassus. 

At least five people were killed when a boat carrying migrants sank near the southwestern province of Mu?la early on March 17, state hospital sources said.
      
The vessel was carrying about 15 Syrian and Iraqi migrants when it capsized off the coast of Mu?la's Bodrum district while proceeding toward the Greek island of Kos.
      

Excavations carried out over the last six months in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district unearthed rock tombs from various eras, a historic figurine on a rock and artifacts from the early Bronze Age.

Two Greek fishing boats retreated after a Turkish submarine surfaced in front, as they were about to enter Turkish waters off Turkey's western Bodrum district.

A fishing vessel carrying illegal Syrian immigrants sank off of Turkey's southwestern province of Muğla.