Aegean Sea

A fire reduced four yachts to ash and damaged five others in the Aegean province of İzmir late on Dec. 28.

The passage of a Turkish drillship through the Aegean on Thursday was seen as a loud message to Athens that Ankara plans to play a part in energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean and the wider region.

Drivers in Iraklion will be allowed, as of Wednesday, to park free of charges for two hours at parking spaces on eight streets of the Cretan capital until January 7.

A street filled with colorful hotels in the Aegean province of İzmir’s Basmane district, “Street 1296,” has over the years been a transitory home to countless guests, many of whom made the hotel rooms their temporary homes, with some even living for 37 years.

An earthquake with a magnitute of 4.8 hit the Aegean province of İzmir early on Dec. 25.

An animal protection official was attacked for feeding stray animals in the Aegean province of Manisa’s Yunusemre district on Dec. 16.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Greek government to speed up transfers from refugee and migrant camps on the Aegean islands to the mainland, warning that overcrowded facilities on Lesvos, Chios, Leros, Samos and Kos were ill-equipped to deal with the coming of winter.

An application filed by a mining company to search for gold and silver mines in the Aegean resort island of Gökçeada in the northwestern Çanakkale province has been withdrawn after environmental concerns, according to a statement released by the Environment and Urbanization Ministry’s Provincial Directorate.

The Turkish Coast Guard on Dec. 14 rescued at least 68 migrants stranded on a rocky islet in the Aegean Sea.

The Aegean resort island of Gökçeada is on the verge of environmental damage from plans to construct a gold mine, prompting criticism from authorities and residents of the island.