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More than 300 cyclists from some 12 countries will compete in the "Santini Queens of the Aegean Boostrace" race on May 29 in the southwestern province of Muğla's Marmaris district, a tourism hub in the region.

NASA has posted a night image of Istanbul taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on social media, with a message saying, "Hey Istanbul, you are glowing."

The image was captured by the International Space Station on May 10 as it orbited 263 miles (around 423 kilometers) above the Black Sea, NASA said in a post on Instagram.

The Turkish Aegean town of Akyaka in the southwestern province of Muğla will welcome the World Kiteboarding Championship (WKC) for the second consecutive year from Sept. 5 to Sept. 9.

The Akçapınar coast in the southwestern province of Muğla's town of Akyaka, which was declared a slow city in 2010 by the International Slow City Association (Cittaslow), is hosting windsurf and kitesurf aficionados from Turkey and European countries thanks to its constant strong winds.

The northeastern province of Artvin?s ?av?at district has been declared a ?slow city? by the Cittaslow 2015 general committee. 

At a press conference, Artvin Governor Kemal Cirit said that the committee made the decision between June 21-23 in Milan. He added that the title was very important for the future of the district.

With Turkey’s longest coastline, Muğla hosts millions of tourists every year, and changes to the area’s tourism outlook are heralded with Muğla recently gaining the status of a metropolitan city With the southwestern province of Muğla recently gaining the status of a metropolitan city, many of its districts have become neighborhoods, heralding changes to the areas touristic charac