Several hotels and residential buildings were affected by the floods, which also disrupted traffic on some roads in the province, home to the country's biggest holiday villages.

Local Governor Alaaddin Yuksel said the rain, which started late Tuesday, was the heaviest in the region in recent years, Anatolia news agency reported.

Television footage showed rescuers evacuating a marooned couple with a small baby on a rubber dinghy.

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