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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TWELVE people were injured when a Soke-Didim dolmus overturned at Akkoy on the outskirts of Didim today. The bus was travelling near the village when the driver apparently lost control and the vehicle came to rest on its side. Other drivers and villagers were able to get most of the passengers out of the bus,…
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Glenn Maffia: WE seem to be experiencing an inordinate amount of news lately concerning the repatriation of antiquities stolen from the Republic of Turkey, many of these artefacts predating the arrival of the Turkic tribes into this land. I support this repatriation of illegally gotten plunder from foreign museums and private collections wholeheartedly and without…
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NEW legislation in Turkey is to obligate the country’s pet owners to register their cats and dogs and acquire identity microchips for them. According to the statement, the Turkey’s Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry said the owners would be required to report on the status of their pets such as birth, death and owner change…
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DATA revealed today that property sales to foreigners rose by 25.7 percent on an annual basis in January, reaching 1,742 units. Istanbul led with 545 sales to foreigners — followed by Antalya, Bursa, Yalova and Trabzon. “Iraqi citizens bought 272 houses in Turkey in January,” the country’s statistical authority (TurkStat) announced on Wednesday. Last year,…
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FOUR kilometres of a 2,300-year-old stone road, which connects the ancient cities of Alinda and Herakleia (Latmos) in the western province of Aydın’s Söke district, have been destroyed by villagers to make way for their olive groves. The Association of Ecosystem Protection and Nature Lovers (EKODOSD) has initiated work for the registration and protection of…
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A TENDER for the construction of an airport near Alaçatı will take place on April 20. The announcement of the tender by the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) appeared in the Official Gazette on Feb. 17. The airport will be constructed under the build-operate-transfer scheme. Potential bidders must pay 5,000 Turkish Liras to…
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THE third airport in Istanbul, will open on Oct. 29, Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan said. Eighty percent of the construction of the airport, which Turkey says will be one of the world’s biggest, is now complete. The project is designed to accommodate growing traffic in a major hub. Incoming flights will be directed to the…
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THE tender for an additional 75-bed extension to Didim State hospital has been completed. Decisions are now being made on the tenders and it is hoped the building work will get underway sometime in 2018 and will take a year to complete.. Didim Governor Mehmet Türköz acknowledged that the number of beds in Didim were…
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THE flood of new Turkish residents into Didim over the last year saw the population spike to a new high of 79,464 people. While much has been made of the decreasing foreign expat population in the town in recent years, Didim still accounted for the highest rise across the whole of the Aydin County. The…
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