FOREIGN nationals purchased $3 billion worth of properties in the first half of this year, according to a report by Nevita International. A total of 19,952 houses have been sold to foreign nationals in January-June of 2019, a strong 67 percent increase from 11,816 unit sales registered in the same period of the last year,…
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Glenn Maffia ANOTHER archaeological season is now in full flow, much as the inundation of the southeast section of the Temple is also. It appears that the wonderfully articulate and knowledgeable team assembled this year have no doubt noticed that the aquatic theme is rather of a pressing concern. For their focus of excavation has…
Read MoreTRADESMEN in Akbük district have raised a series of issues concerning the local business community following a visit by the Didim Chamber of Craftsmen and Artisans Chairman Şerif Erul. He listened to entrepreneurs in different lines of business, such as the local shopkeepers who raised concerns about the lighting, road and sidewalk problems. He was…
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A HOLIDAYING family from Istanbul have donated four wheelchairs to the town’s Association of Disabled People. The Bulut family from Istanbul, who have been holidaying in the resort, handed over the wheelchairs to help aid disabled people in the resort and surrounding areas. Mr Ali Bulut, along with his wife Nilüfer, and their children Yaren…
Read MoreA TOTAL of 981 foreign investors have been become Turkish citizens since amendments to the Regulation on the Implementation of the Turkish Citizenship Law in September 2018. Citizens from the US, Canada, China, Russia, Italy, Australia and Greece, have become Turkish citizens, according to data from the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs of…
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TWO adventurers – a Canadian and a Briton – have completed a challenge to follow the Great Menderes River through to its end. Itto Kornecki, who studied Robotics in Canada, and Laurie Twine, a psychiatrist, came to the region after they read and influenced by the travel book Meander, written by travel writer Jeremy Seal.…
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Glenn Maffia JUST as every summer sees the ‘awakening’ of the indolent hedonistic contingent, so too does the academic investigation of the Temple vicinity begin to shift through its gears in preparation to entice a few more secrets from this magnificent ancient structure. Unlike the hedonistic mob pursuing the rather spurious gratification of lying prone…
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REGIONAL Aydin media have highlighted the graffiti that has been daubed on some of the ancient stones of the Apollo Temple, stating that action should be taken to clean them up. Thousands of local and foreign tourists visited the Apollo Temple each year for the thousands of years of history. But it is the spray…
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PROUD Didim dentist Sevil Pekmezci is “absolutely delighted” after she scooped two international awards. . Sevil, who runs Sevil Smile Studio, won the Best Clinic in Cosmetic Dentistry and Europe’s Best Star in Dentistry. The awards were organised by the International Award of Excellence in Dentistry for dental professionals/organisations with proven state of excellence in…
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SERVICE quality is being guaranteed at a new restaurant called Atapark. The venue, which is located on the old venue called Adapark, close to the Kumkent Sitesi, in Akbuk is owned by three people – Barış Özden, İlhami Turan and Hüseyin Özkan. Hüseyin previously ran the Balıkçı Ustam fish venue in Didim, while Barış hails…
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