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Akbuk restaurants on the brink as ‘gardens’ face obliteration?

BREAKING NEWS VOICES Newspaper has learned this morning that Esinti Restaurant – among a number of others – are set to lose their outside dining areas and gardens – as Aydin Council workers moved in to demolish them for what appears to be an extension of the promenade. Esinti’s owner Donna Wynne spoke to Voices…

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UK artist’s exhibition in Didim

THE works of a keen watercolour artist will be showcased in Didim from Saturday (October 15) at an Altinkum dental practice. Eighty-two-year-old artist John Burnell has been holidaying in the resort for nearly a decade where he and his wife, Gene, have a property. Twenty paintings of Mr Burnell’s have been donated to the Didim…

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Charity to boost road safety in schools

DIDIM Help in Hands is to help spearhead a campaign around road safety for children in Didim’s schools. The idea for the Think First education project came about following discussions with the Didim Governor İskender Yönden, Didim’s Director of Education and the charity’s chairman Lynn Cole. At their meeting, Help-in-Hands’ members discussed the “Think First”…

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EgeMed in Didim moves closer to reality

SOKE’S EgeMed Hospital looks to have been given the go-ahead to launch from a new location in Didim. In June Voices ran an article that rumours were rife of the potential for the private hospital to locate a clinic or functional unit in the town. It now appears to moving ahead after an application, bearing…

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Roaring success for shelter’s special day

Lynn Dulledge ON TUESDAY October 4, the volunteer friends group of the Didim Animal Shelter opened their doors to celebrate World Animal Day. We are excited to announce that our open afternoon was a roaring success. We were overwhelmed with the huge attendance and generous donations of dog food and money that now enables us…

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Didim double murder latest: Man remanded

A ONE-YEAR-OLD child has been left motherless and the father languishing in prison on suspicion of the horrifying gunning down of his wife and  mother-in-law in Didim. The child’s situation emerged after Nazmi Zeybek (35) was detained by Didim Criminal Court for the double-murder of his wife and mother-of-one, Senem, and her mother Saniye Özdemir. It…

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Mystery case of charming British expat’s ‘detaining’

VOICES EXCLUSIVE SHOCKED British expats in Didim are trying to understand how a ‘charming, cultured and considered pillar of the community” – 73-year-old David Spencer Hill – has been suddenly detained at Soke Prison. Mr Hill, 73, who is largely known as David Spence, has lived in Didim for more than five years and was…

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All-inclusive heading for extinction in Turkey?

TURKISH hoteliers may have to gradually quit all-inclusive offers, its tourism head has suggested. Turkish Travel Agencies Association (TÜRSAB) President Başaran Ulusoy said the all-inclusive system, which was born in line with a price-focused marketing strategy, has led to a vicious cycle in the sector. But he said they found themselves in a hard situation:…

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Tourism and coastal issues to the fore

TOPICS regarding the fate of tourism and the coastal areas around Didim were raised in separate meetings last week. Tourism workshop A workshop for tourism officials was held in Kusadasi to address Aydin Province’s tourism action plan. Aydin Governor Ömer Faruk Kocak chaired the meeting at the Kusadasi Ephesus Congress tourism center and spoke of…

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Classifieds: Oct 4

CLASSIFIEDS EMAIL ads to info@voicesnewspaper.com. FREE ADS: Private goods, wanted, pets, missing/lost items. PAID ADS: 5TL pw for services, property and vehicle sales FOR SALE KAYAK CLEAROUT: 5 general purpose, polyethylene, closed-cockpit (sit-in, not sit-on) kayaks.  2 adult (Wild Things), 2 child (Masterlite), 1 child/small adult (Dagger Blast).  All fitted with adjustable footrests, air bags…

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