Turkish Riviera

The Lion and Demeter of Knidos, which were unearthed in the ancient city of Knidos in Datça, are on display at the British Museum.

Foreigners living in the Aegean province of Mu?la have requested that the authorities build suitable places of worship in order to allow them to better practice their beliefs.

The Solidarity with Foreigners Living in Mu?la Association is keen on building churches and cemeteries for foreigners in the touristic province in southwestern Turkey.

More than 600 migrants have been seized by security forces in western Turkey over the past two days, as well as at least 12 human traffickers. 

Some 149 migrants were found at a construction site in the resort town of Bodrum on Dec. 9 after police received intelligence that a group of migrants were set to cross over to Greece in a boat, Do?an News Agency reported.

The 4th International Antalya Guitar Festival will run from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12 in Turkey's southern province of Antalya.

 Organized by the Middle East Technical University Alumni Association and the local Muratpa?a Municipality, the festival will be held at the Murat Pa?a Municipality Cultural Center. 

Tourism Minister Mahir Ünal has said the main priority of Turkey's tourism sector is to not lose Russian tourists, and Ankara wants to ease current tensions with Moscow as soon as possible.

The political crisis with Russia will have serious consequences on the tourism sector, as Turkey will experience a drastic fall in the number of visiting Russian tourists.

After the Antalya Municipality refused to provide a stage to the Antalya Theater Festival this year, its Muratpa?a District Municipality has offered to host the festival, which is allegedly under fire from the government over its hosting of actors critical of the Turkish government.

Just a few days following the provocative flight of six Turkish military jets over four Greek islands, Turkey is violating Greek territorial waters yet again. The Turkish hydrographic plane is on a mission between the islands of Lesbos and Chios accompanied by the Turkish corvette ship, Bodrum.

Turkey's oldest and longest running film festival, the International Antalya Film Festival, kicked off its 52nd edition on Nov 29 The 52nd edition of the International Antalya Film Festival kicked off on Nov. 29 in the southern province of Antalya. 

Six migrant children have died after two separate mishaps involving Greece-bound inflatable boats off Turkey's Aegean coast, amid migrants' ongoing attempts to cross to Greece's islands by sea.