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Archaeological excavations in the western Turkish province of Muğla’s Bodrum district have revealed the 1,800-year-old villa of Phainos, who was known as the richest fisherman of the Roman period. Click through for the story in photos from the ancient city of Halicarnassus...

The Greater ("Büyük" in Turkish) Menderes River, one of the biggest rivers in the Aegean region, is under contamination by industrial waste, making it Turkey's third most polluted river, according to experts.

Some fragments of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus may have been smuggled to the British Museum in 1857, but the 2,000-year-old structure's ruins in the Aegean city of Bodrum have been drawing many visitors.

More than 6,000 people from all over the world have applied for the "Best Job in Turkey" ad placed by the local municipality of Ortaca in the Aegean province of Muğla.

A man living in the Bodrum district of the southwestern province of Muğla has fed local stray cats for 30 years, traveling four kilometers every day on his bicycle to feed them. 

Authorities have begun inspecting mass fish deaths in the Greater Menderes River in the western province of Aydın by the Aegean Sea, Doğan News Agency reported on May 22.

Two new inns and a rock shelter have been discovered on Mount Latmos (Beşparmak), located between the western provinces of Aydın and Muğla. The wall of the inns are decorated with paintings, dating back to 8,000 years ago, and the rock shelter is decorated with frescoes. 

Turkey's resort district of Bodrum in the southwestern province of Muğla is hosting a lavish multi-day Indian wedding.

Two people are in critical condition after the pier of a five-star hotel collapsed in Turkey's western province of Aydın on May 5.

A bus driver in the western province of Aydın has returned 29,000 Turkish liras ($7,100) to the man who accidentally left the money in his vehicle.