A BRITISH dad has been detained in prison after pocketing 13 ancient coins he found snorkelling on holiday near Bodrum. Ambulance driver Toby Robyns, 52, Southwick, West Sussex, was arrested in front of his horrified family at Bodrum Airport as they prepared to fly home. Airport staff said the coins were historical artefacts. The father…
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A GROUP of bar owners in Altinkum have spoken of their concerns of the ongoing crackdown against music restrictions. The bar owners came together to raise their concerns about the escalating inspections on Yalı Caddesi. Chairman of Didim Tourism Association Tayyar Cengiz and Board Member Mustafa Şentürk participated in the meeting with the bar and…
Read More STATISTICS emerging from Didim’s tourim association suggests hotels will be at 80 percent plus in reservations for the Kurban Bayram (Feast Of Sacrifice) public holiday. Turkish Travel Agencies Association, President Başaran Ulusoy, said Didim was experiencing a high level of interest from domestic tourists, just as the likes of Side, Antalya, Belek, Kemer, as well…
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TURKISH tourism players want to host 1 million Chinese travelers in 2018, which has been declared “Turkey Tourism Year” in China, within the framework of the “One Belt One Road” project. The head of Wanda Real Beijing, which is owned by China’s Wanda Group, Fuat Köroğlu, told state-run Anadolu Agency said that the declaration of…
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DURING the German archaeologists’ review of the Apollon Temple for all things that lie in the past, they are also handling modern day pressures bearing on the environs. This included work on the supporting wall around the Temple which required the archaeologists to use a low loader and crane to move rocks into place to…
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THE number of Irish people travelling to Turkey has fallen amid terrorist attacks and an uncertain political arena in once-popular tourist hotspots. New figures from Euromonitor International show our nearest neighbours in the UK are still the No 1 destination for Irish people with 2.4 million making the hop across the Irish Sea in 2016.…
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DIDIM’S Peace Festival will be held on September 1, with all activities occurring on that date. The 22nd peace celebrations being organized by Didim Council will be the first in three years. The festivities will be celebrated on September 1 on coincide with the first day of the Feast of Sacrifice. The activities were organized…
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Didim’s population tops 400,000 Didim Mayor Ahmet Deniz Atabay stated that there was a population explosion in Didim in August. “Didim, which has a population of 80 thousand in winter, has welcomed more than 400,000 people nowadays. We mobilized all of our units as municipalities and took necessary precautions. Working with life is very much…
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Glenn Maffia reflects on the Temple of Apollo and its environs SO the excavation trenches have been sank, though to my surprise these are concentrating upon the ‘new’ temple in the vicinity of the mosque. I believed the archaeologists would be curious to determine the full extent, and purpose of the Hellenistic foundations beneath…
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Turkey is to extend a smoking ban previously issued on public transportation vehicles to include private vehicles, but only for those “sitting in the driver seat,” Habertürk reported on Aug. 21. The law, said Hurriyet Daily News, named “Health Ministry and Affiliated Institutions Organization Law” also brings about new changes in other areas, it reported.…
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