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The 13th Alaçatı Herb Festival, held in the western province of İzmir's Çeşme district this year, has witnessed vibrant scenes with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people.

Greek fighter jets have harassed a Turkish research ship in the international waters of the Aegean Sea, and the provocation was reciprocated accordingly, the Turkish defense minister announced on Feb. 23.

Italian tenor Alessandro Safina on Aug. 11 performed in the Aegean resort town of Çeşme to raise awareness for the conditions of stray animals.

A sunken ship off the district of Çeşme in İzmir province in western Anatolia poses a risk to ships sailing towards the İzmir Gulf, said locals, pointing to a recent accident.

Refugee women, who fled their countries to take shelter in Turkey, are given courses on renewable energy in a village established by the İmece Initiative Foundation, an NGO in the Çeşme district of the western province of İzmir. 

Cleaning works will last for at least two months after a 50-ton-fuelled ship stranded in the Çeşme district of the Aegean province of İzmir leaked and polluted its Paşalimanı area and Ilıca-Yıldız Burnu coast, Çeşme District Mayor Muhittin Dalgıç has said. 

Dalgıç said the winter conditions were increasing the spread of fuel over the sea.