A new cafe offering English-style afternoon teas, cakes, sandwiches and more has opened in Altinkum – with hungry expats giving it a huge thumbs up.to Koko Cafe, which is located close to the Meryemena Hotel, just off Ege Cadessi, has been opened by Laura Turan, and her partner, Ahmet. “We’ve seen an opening in the…
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A three-day exhibition of Ebru, a type of marbling, will be opened tomorrow (Fri Feb 3) at the Wedding Salon in Didim’s Yenihisar Park. The exhibition is the conclusion of three months work by a mixed group of British and Turkish residents, under the tutorship of artist Turgut Hoca. The exhibition will be open from…
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TURKEY’S population increased by more than 1 million people in 2016, reaching 79,814,871, the Turkish Statistics Institute announced on Jan. 31. According to 2016 results from the records of Address Based Population Registration System, males made up 50.2 percent of the total population and females made up 49.8 percent. The most populated province in the…
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Glenn Maffia ONE of the initial agendas to fulfil whence arriving in old London Town for another festive holiday was to attend the appointment I had arranged with Dr Ian Jenkins, the man who oversees the collection of artefacts from the Apollo Temple, on display at the British Museum. It was a clear but icily…
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A LEADING Didim civic leader has offered a frank assessment of the all inclusive hotel system, suggesting it places “sun, sea and sand” above the cultural opportunities for tourists. Atilla Hikmet, a member of Didim Chamber of Commerce and Strategy Development Commission evaluated Turkey’s tourism stating that the all-inclusive system “created a gap between locals…
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DIDIM is set to host a rock festival, triathlon and other events in a bid to attract tourists to the resort in 2017, it has been claimed. The town suffered just as much as the rest of Turkey with the dramatic 40 percent fall off in tourism last year. In a major surprise, the mayor…
Read MoreRENTALS TWO bed first floor & THREE bed first floor fully furnished apartments in Didim, near Saturday market/bus garage. The TWO bed is available for long term rental for TL 350 a month PLUS bills. The complex has security, children’s play area, car parking. The THREE bed is available for long & short term rentals. The…
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ANTALYA suffered a 47 percent drop in tourists, according to figures just released from the city’s governor. According to the data from the Antalya Governorship, the number of tourists arriving in the city by package tour in 2016 was 5.45 million compared to 10.2 million in 2015. On the basis of nationality, there were losses…
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DESPITE a bad 2016, there are multi-million TL plans to add at least 10 new hotels in the Aegean region in the next two years. Bodrum is the main focus of the investment: Ceviz Sırtı Real Estate Investment is investing 62 million TL pounds in a 5,049 bed capacity, 5-star facility at Oraca. Around 150 people…
Read More BODRUM Airport’s passenger traffic fell by a shocking 43.4 percent in 2016. Latest full year figures revealed that there were 453,000 passengers through the airport in 2016 compared to 797,000 in 2015, a downturn in real terms by 344,000. In 2016, the number of visitors to Bodrum by sea also dropped sharply. According to this, 375,000…
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