OFFICIAL data showed property sales to foreigners in July rose by 65.6 percent year-on-year, reaching 2,858 units. According to the data by Turkey’s official statistical body the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) released on Wednesday, Istanbul led with 956 sales, followed by Antalya, Bursa, Yalova and Sakarya. Among foreigners, the most sales were made to Iraqi…
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IT’S that time of year again and Voices is only too happy to highlight Help-in-Hands’ Summer Ball – which this year will be at a new location. The Summer Ball – an active fundraiser for the many Help-in-Hands’ projects throughout the year – which this year will be at the Mavi Kitchen restaurant. This year it…
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DIDIM dentist Sevil Pekmezci has spoken of her delight at scooping two international award categories. Sevil, whose studio is based on Ataturk Boulevard, Altinkum, was named among five winners of the Best Dentist 2018 category. The other winners were from the UK, India and Italy. Her Sevil Smile Studio – now in its 10th year…
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ARRANGEMENTS are underway for the funeral of long-time Didim resident, Karlheinz Pfalzgraf, following his untimely death while on holiday in Crete. News has been slowly emerging from Greece and the expat community of Karlheinz’s sudden death believed to be from a heart attack, while on the Greek island on July 19. He was aged 76.…
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CONCERNS are being raised in various interest communities over the fate of little-known frescoes depicting Jesus which are located at the Yediler Monastery located in the Beşparmak Mountains which passes through the district of Milas. The frescoes show scenes of Jesus’ life, works and death, bit are slowly being destroyed as they are not…
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BRTISH expat and fugitive paedophile David Spencer Hill – who went on the run and and settled in the town in plain sight for six years – has finally been jailed back in the UK. Yesterday (Wednesday June 27), David Spencer Hill was jailed for more than six years for non-recent sexual offences back in the…
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NINE people are in custody after police seized 131 kilogrammes of drugs being brought in by boat into Didim. According to a statement made by Aydin, the Coast Guard Command received information that some suspects were engaged in drug trafficking by sea and would land the drug in Didim. The teams that were in contact with the…
Read More Two British tourists, identified to have died of drug overdoses in their autopsy, were found dead on the morning of May 28 in their tent in a camp area in Fethiye, Doğan News Agency is reporting. The agency said the lifeless bodies of 51-year-old Samuel James and 46-year-old Jane Amanda were reportedly found in the…
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A RING of credit card fraud suspects that allegedly netted 200,000TL have been arrested following an investigation in Didim. Didim District Jandarma teams arrested seven suspects from four different districts across Turkey as part of their long-running investigation. One person was detained in Didim, three in Denizli, one in Bursa and two in Kayseri. One…
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TAXES on property purchases in Turkey have been slashed by 10 percent in advance of the snap election on June 24. Pro-government NTV broadcaster said Value Added Tax on property purchases would be reduced from 18 percent to 8 percent, while title deed duty will be reduced from 2 percent to 1.5 percent. Both are valid…
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