Police ban gay tourists

Ankara - Police in a Turkish Aegean resort have banned 800 gay tourists, most from the US, from visiting the ancient ruins of Ephesus. The tourists, who also came from the Netherlands and Britain, arrived in the Aegean port of Kusadasi aboard the cruise liner Olympic Voyager as part of a tour with stops in Egypt, Israel and Greece. Police stopped buses carrying the tourists at Selcuk, less than two miles from Ephesus, and ordered them back to the cruise liner.