Seferihisar

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) report that led the way to fish farming on the shores of the western province of İzmir's Seferihisar district has been revoked by the Council of State's (Danıştay) 14th department. 

A total of 420 illegal migrants were apprehended off Turkey's Aegean coast over the past week, Turkish Interior Ministry stated on Aug. 19. Between Aug. 11 and Aug. 18, Turkish Coast Guards intercepted 420 migrants in nine separate incidents off the Aegean Sea, the ministry said in a statement. It said one migrant smuggler was also detained during the operations.

Growing demand for İzmir's old stone houses among those looking to escape the stress of the city has resulted in a rapid increase in housing prices, making many run-down houses in seaside villages now worth as much as a luxurious villa.

The Turkish Coast Guard has captured 83 people trying to cross into Italy illegally from the Aegean resort town of Çeşme in a U.S.-flagged luxury yacht. 

Some 82 of the smuggled migrants were Syrian, while one was an Afghan, according to security sources. 

Three more people on board, all of whom were Ukrainians, were also detained on suspicion they were part of the crew. 

A total of 289 migrants were apprehended off Turkey's Aegean and Mediterranean coasts over the past week, Turkish Interior Ministry announced on March 12.

Between March 3 and March 10, Turkish Coast Guards intercepted 289 migrants in seven separate incidents and arrested seven migrant smugglers, the ministry's written statement read.

An old Ottoman town with scenic landscapes and historic memories, the Göynük district of the northwestern province of Bolu has been declared as the latest addition to a network of slow cities by the Cittaslow General Committee. 

Eleven Turkish cities have so far been declared as a slow city by the committee. 

Excavations that are ongoing in the ancient city of Teos in İzmir's Seferihisar have unearthed a 2,200-year-old inscription, thought to be the most comprehensive rental agreement in Anatolian history. 

Catamarans owned by the ferry company of Turkey's İzmir Metropolitan Municipality will start regular trips between the Alsancak Port and the Greek island of Lesbos in a bid to boost tourism in the Aegean Sea, Northern Aegean Islands Economic Development Agency (EOAEN) head Thrasos Kalogridis has said. 

Is it only the fate of geography that the last few hours of a sunny weekend turned into the darkest emptiness? Only a couple of hours before Ankara was attacked for the third time in six months, I was at Turkey's first Cittaslow Slow City, Seferihisar, in the Aegean province of ?zmir. 

In a bid to boost the success of local administrations, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) held a conference and awards ceremony over the weekend in the Aegean province of ?zmir.