Two brothers have been arrested over the fatal stabbing of an Irish tourist in the Bodrum area in June. John Edward Donnelly (64), a well-known amateur musical director with connections to the Wexford Light Opera and other musical societies, had arrived in resort in May and had rented an apartment in Neyzen Tevfik Caddesi. His…
Read More THE Didim boarding religious high school is being completed quickly, it has emerged. The school, located close to Royal Complex, in Camlik Mah., will host 240 students in the hostel and 20 classrooms in the school once it has been completed and opened. The Directorate of Education has slated its opening for April 2017.
Read More A PROMISED Maths and philosophy afternoon researching the influence of Thales will be held in the ancient ruins of Miletus on Saturday September 24. The event is is being backed by Didim Belediye, Didim Tourism Infrastructure Services Union (DİTAB), the Association of Tourism Research (TURAD), Turkish Mathematical Society (TMD) and Didim Tourism Association (Ditu). Beginning…
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Jenny Scott DESPITE the fact that the sun is still splitting the flagstones, it is time to talk about winter, Christmas and pantomime!! Yes! The Didim Glee Club will be restarting after the summer break on Thursday September 15 at 12 noon in Sobe Bar on Ataturk Boulevard. The scripts are ready for this year’s…
Read More THE fishing season has arrived with the dawn of September 1 and already there has been raised eyebrows at what turned up on Didim’s coast. The seasonal hunting ban has been lifted and the fishing boats have returned – to mix alongside the tourism boats in Altinkum’s harbour. There were mixed fortunes, with fishermen blaming…
Read More A BRITISH tourist has lost his nine-day fight for life after suffering a head injury when two jet skis collided off the coast of Marmaris. Local media said Ahmed Daiyaan, aged 20, was involved in the accident near Uzunyalı Sahili Siteler, on Monday August 22. The college student, living in London, had been on holiday with…
Read More TURKEY is to retain daylight saving time – meaning it will do away with turning the clocks backwards and forwards an hour in October and April. Expats and Turkish residents will no longer ‘fall back’ in October after a decree regarding daylight saving time (DST) all year round in Turkey was published on the Official…
Read More WITHIN days of the new school term starting in Turkey, there has been a mass axing of teachers within Aydin Province for alleged ties to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen. The Ministry of Education made the announcement in the wake of the government’s continuing purge against alleged supporters of the Pennsylvania-based Islamic cleric, who is believed…
Read More EXCLUSIVE A BRITISH mum-of-four who left Turkey over work permit issues has arrived back in the country she calls ‘home’. Jill Robinson, speaking exclusively to Voices, said she and her four children – Sami 11 years, Dylan 8 years, two-year-old Ella and 1-year-old Deniz, were delighted to have been allowed into the country to be…
Read More Mavisehir restaurants saved – for now! NO action will be taken against the Mavisehir restaurants – presently under threat of demolition – until the end of the season. Voices highlighted the issue last week, with news that a clutch of five restaurants were to be razed to the ground in the scope of the Coastal…
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