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A Syrian man who lost his wife and 3-year-old son in a capsized boat heading to the Greek island of Kos burst into tears as he identified his family in the resort town of Bodrum. 

The 5th Bodrum Turkish Films Week will be organized between Sept. 29 and Oct. 4 in the southwestern resort town.  

At a press conference held on Sept. 22 at the Trafo Bodrum Hakan Aykan Culture and Arts Center, Bodrum Cinema and Culture Association head Cenk Sezgin said many films will be shown during the event this year. 

Eight people were wounded and dozens of cars were swept away in flooding after heavy rain on the evening of Sept. 22 in Turkey's Aegean resort town of Bodrum, just a day before the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday on Sept. 24.

The rain began pouring on the town's neighborhoods on the night of Sept. 22 and quickly made streets and avenues unpassable. 

He would dream of being a veterinarian perhaps. Or maybe an engineer. From the war-torn city of Kobane, he and his family had come to the resort town of Bodrum. He imagined growing up there. Going to school, playing with cats on the streets, talking to the Yal?kavak farmers every Thursday while they put up their stands for the weekly farmers? market. ?Life could be nice here,? he imagined. 

At least 12 migrants, believed to be Syrians, became the latest victims of a worsening refugee crisis when two boats sank after leaving southwestern Turkey for the Greek island of Kos on Sept. 2.  

At least 11 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two boats sank after leaving southwest Turkey for the Greek island of Kos, Do?an news agency reported on Sept. 2.

Bodrum will host world famous baroque artists on Sept. 4, 5 and 6 during the 6th Bodrum Baroque Festival The 6th Bodrum Baroque Festival, organized by the Karya Culture and Arts Association (KARSANAT), will be held this year on Sept. 4, 5 and 6 at a 3,000-year-old ancient theater. 

The European Union (EU) has pulled its grant, worth 30 million Euros, for a solid waste disposal plant project, which was to be constructed in Turkey?s Aegean resort town of Bodrum, due to complications about on land allocation. 

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.

Syrian refugees who have been living outdoors in the southern resort town of Bodrum in Mu?la were taken to a local schoolyard on June 22 by police and municipal police following complaints.