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According to representatives of tourism associations in Bodrum, Turkey, the prices in local restaurants or cafés have reached such high levels that tourists often have to pay more than 10 times the standard price. Tour operators claim that this practice is...

Rock tombs have been found in Bodrum, that consitute  a part of the necropolis area. The manager of Bodrum Underwater Archeology Museum as well as archeologists are leaders of the excavations in the southwestern Aegean era of Turkey. The rock...

A project is underway to restore and open to visitors a 1,800-year-old Greek church near the town of Bodrum (foto) in western Turkey, national media reported recently. The Gara Church, according to the publication, is located within a tourism...

Senator Bob Menendez slammed Turkey on Saturday for welcoming sanctioned Russian oligarchs into the country saying that this is the exact opposite message that the rest of NATO and indeed the world are sending. "Some partner. Turkey must step up...

A bronze statue dating from the Hellenistic times, "The Kalymnos Lady," was caught by Turkish fishermen recently off the coast of Marmaris.

At least two people have drowned and several others are missing after a boat carrying around 30 migrants sank near Bodrum, off the western coast of Turkey. Seventeen people on the boat were rescued and three made it to shore...

A 2,500-year-old ancient city in southern Turkey that is located on a private property is up for sale for 35 million Turkish liras ($8.35 million), according to Daily Sabah. The ancient city of Bargylia located in the Mugla province cannot...

Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who drowned en route to Turkey. Turkish state media said Friday the Syrians, Muwafaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad, were convicted of...

A shocking news story emerged from the Turkish press, as according to the country's major newspaper, Hurriyet, the ancient Greek city of Bargylia, dating back to the 5th century BC, located in Asia Minor near Gulluk Bay on the...

New artifacts have been found during excavations in the Bodrum’s Ortakent and Gümüşlük neighborhoods. The artifacts will shed light on the history of the Bodrum Peninsula, known in Greek as Alikarnasos. In the vicinity, the Great mausauleum of the...

EASYJET, Scotland's largest airline, announced new flights from Edinburgh to Bodrum and Heraklion, and from Glasgow to Kos and Split. New routes will start from next summer. The airline will begin flights to Bodrum from March 31 and to Heraklion...

A Turkish travel analyst said he expects Greece to to attract more Turks for cruising destinations as a lower-cost means of traveling and staying in the country and that Turkey should do the same.Huriyyet Daily reports. Despite the fact that...

Vana Barba was in Istanbul for the preparation of a show that she will present.  'The webcast' talks about the common traits of Greece and Turkey and will be screened simultaneously in both nations.  It is produced by Mary Ekmektsioglou and directed by Erdal Murat Aktaş. The sexy Greek actress Vana Barba, who gave an interview to the Turkish newspaper Haberturk stated:...

Diplomatic sources in Athens yesterday dismissed reports in Turkey that a Greek spy masquerading as a diplomat at the Consulate General in Izmir returned to Greece after the arrest of three Turks for allegedly passing on information. Sources denied that...