Firefighters were battling a huge blaze on Turkey’s Aegean coastline Wednesday that ripped through the ruins of the ancient port city of Assos near the Dardanelles Strait, a local official said. “Ninety percent of the historical site of Assos was burnt,” Mesut Bayram, mayor of Ayvacik district told the pro-opposition Halk TV. Assos was an […]
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