Or hit the party-filled port city of Bodrum, where cruise ships dock near a Crusader castle.

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The summer season in buzzy Bodrum was just winding down when I visited last week, but the city is plenty hot.

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Four Russian tour guides died and some 20 fell ill after being served tainted alcohol on a yacht near the resort of Bodrum.

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