UK EXPATS are no longer the biggest group of foreign nationals living in Aydin Country, newly released figures show. There were just 1,524 UK residents living in Aydin, which includes Didim and Kusadasi, in 2017 – compared to 1,851 residents in 2016 – a fall of 327. In total, there are now 7,317 foreign nationals living…
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THE controversial auction of a swathe of land in Altinkum has been completed – with all the plots bought out for a total 84 million TL. While a bitter pill to swallow that the town could possibly face more building work in Plot 1020 – there was further bad news over the future of wasteland…
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RYANAIR is to begin its first ever flights to Turkey from Dublin this summer. The route will operate to and from Dalaman from June, the airline announced today. Tickets are now on sale from €39.99 each-way on ryanair.com. “Ryanair is pleased to announce our entry into the Turkish market,” said Chief Commercial Officer David O’Brien in…
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A CARETTA caretta giant sea turtle has been recovered alive off the coast of Altinkum Bay, but three were found dead in other locations, it has been revealed. Didim Coast Guard, Didim Council and the District Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Directorate teams worked to recover an exhausted turtle yesterday (Wed). It was found injured…
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THOMAS Cook Airlines will base an extra Airbus A321 at Gatwick Airport from May 2018, adding 140,000 seats a year from the London hub. The additional flights, which are already on sale, will take passengers to Turkey, Tunisia, the Canaries and the Balearics this summer on both flight-only and package holidays. In total, the airline…
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TURKEY welcomed 1.46 million foreign visitors in January 2018, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said. According to provisional police data, 1.46 million foreign nationals visited Turkey in January, up 38.5 percent from the 1.05 million who visited in January 2017, said the Ministry. Well over half of the foreign visitors last month – 56.9 percent…
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THE Apollo Temple – one of the most underrated historic sites in Turkey – is to be the site of an official Guinness World Record bid during the second Didim Vegfest next month. Upwards of 200,000 people are predicted to be flocking in to the festival which will seek to raise awareness of the food, lifestyle,…
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THE world’s biggest cruise companies are set to return to Turkey. The declaration was made by Yusuf Öztürk, board chairman of the İzmir branch of the Istanbul, Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions (İMEAK) Chamber of Marine Trade. “We met with executives from large cruise operators at the Seatrade Cruise Global Fair, held…
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POLICE have discovered a specially adopted chamber in a house in Didim which had been turned into a drugs factory. Didim police’s Anti-Smuggling and Organizing Crimes division carried out a raid on a house and seized 2.350 kilogrammes of skunk, 30 grams of Indian hemp seed and 12 grams of hemp. They also recovered a hunting…
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UPBEAT ministers are celebrating a spectacular comeback for Turkey in 2018 after two years of dramatic decline. German bookings have jumped more than 50 percent thanks to value for money and an easing of political tensions between the two countries. “I am expecting a massive increase this year,” said Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu at…
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