Alanya bus crash take many lives and 21 Russians who were injured earlier this week after a tour bus they were traveling in crashed off a bridge and tumbled into a riverbed in the southern province of Antalya arrived in Moscow on Thursday. Fifteen passengers were killed in the accident. A Russian woman died in a Turkish hospital who suffered severe injuries in a bus crash in the southwest of the country earlier in the week, bringing the death toll from the accident to 16, a Russian consulate general said.

Tourism investors and local officials in the popular resort town of Bodrum believe the town should diversify its tourist crowds, attracting more visitors from Central European countries. Most of the tourists to Bodrum come from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium. Promotion campaigns should be launched in Central European countries, especially to lure German tourists, participants of a meeting on promoting tourism in Bodrum agreed over the weekend.

The second home of many British people, Çalış, a seaside resort in Fethiye, is now becoming increasingly known for its local carnival, thanks to the energetic efforts of two British residents. The Çalış Carnival will be held for the third time on May 23. Although the Çalış Society was initially reluctant to support the festival, both it and the area businesses are enthusiastically supporting the festival originated by Chrissie and Peter Clark.

A tornado hit the popular Mediterranean resort town of Alanya on Monday, damaging many houses and greenhouses in the Konakli, Payallar and Emigbeleni villages. The tornado hit a 100-meter-wide, 5-kilometer-long area on Konakli beach.