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Archaeology season opens in Türkiye
Almost all of the 240 scientific excavations, caried out under the direction of Turkish and foreign scientists and museum directorates with the permission of the Culture and Tourism Ministry started in July. By the end of 2023, the number of all archaeological excavations and research will be 750.
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Traces of ancient life come to surface in Mobolla
Excavations have been conducted for the first time in the ancient city of Mobolla, one of the most important settlements of antiquity. Located in the Menteşe district of the western province of Muğla, from the fifth century, the ancient city bears the traces of the traditional Anatolian settlement model from 4,500 years ago.
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Photogrammetric map of Iasos made
The ancient city of Iasos, a port city founded by the Argosians in the western province of Muğla's Milas district, impresses visitors as it resembles an open-air museum with its great walls, aqueducts, agora, theater, Roman-era tombstones and fishermen's market.
Archaeological excavations continue in the ancient city, which is located in the Kıyıkışlacık neighborhood.
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Purple delight: Lavender fields of Turkey's Aegean
Lavender fields in Turkey's Aegean province of Muğla's Menteşe district captivate onlookers and tourists. (AA Photo)
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Works ongoing to restore mosque in ancient city of Beçin
A 600-year-old mosque in the ancient city of Beçin, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is being restored.
Professor Kadir Pektaş, chief of the excavation team, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that the restoration process has been continuing in the city, which is located in the western province of Muğla's Milas district and dates back to 2,000 B.C.
Fountain in ancient Beçin flowing once again
Water began to flow from a castle fountain in Beçin Ancient City in southwestern Turkey after approximately 700 years because of excavation and restoration work.
Beçin Ancient City, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is located in the Milas district of Muğla and was the capital of the Menteşeoğulları Principality.
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Muğla comes to the fore with cultural tourism
Works are undergoing for the western province of Muğla, known for its world-renowned tourism centers, to make a name for itself in cultural tourism with its historical inns and 4,745 historical buildings as well as its unique wooden architecture.
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Local man turns wood into models of Aegean city’s historical spots
A 70-year-old local man in the Aegean province of Muğla turns wooden objects into models of historical buildings in his nine-square-meter carpenter workshop.
Retired after working as a carpenter for 55 years in the city, Ali İlhan has set up a workshop on a busy street in Menteşe district.
Society's pitying looks keep handicaps at home: Activist
Tuğçe Aygün was born in 1990 in İzmir. She attended school in the Aegean coastal city and then enrolled in Muğla University in Menteşe from which she graduated with a degree in tourism management. She had just returned to İzmir after graduation when a car accident left her with paraplegia.
Beçin findings shed light on 700-year history
New archaeological findings in the ancient city of Beçin, the capital of Menteşe Beylic in Milas district of the western province of Muğla, reveal the social, commercial and cultural life of 700 years ago.
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