TURKEY has banned all academics from leaving the country, cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown escalated to “exceptional proportions,” reports the Daily Telegraph. Teachers were told last week they could not travel abroad on any work-related trips for the foreseeable future and those currently overseas were ordered to return. One British academic…
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DIDIM Marina is to host a three day festival later this month to help raise much-needed funds for local school tennis courts. The exhibition is being hosted by the marina management and will see the best of art from Didim Art Club, headed by local resident Pat Flint, and her members, as well as art…
Read MoreBRITISH tourists are still the most popular foreign tourists flocking to Didim and Bodrum, even though overall foreign arrivals plunged by 46 percent. Mugla Province, which includes Bodrum and Dalaman airports serving the main resorts, saw a near halving of tourists flowing through in the first six months of this year compared to 2015. Local…
Read More A BRITISH woman has spoken highly of the medical team that enabled her to begin walking again after hip op surgery. Geraldine Ann McAvan, 68, was reportedly diagnosed with an infection of a hip which meant she was admitted in a wheelchair to Izmir’s Özel Sada Hastanesi. Under the guidance of Orthopaedic Specialist Bora Şerifhan…
Read More DIDIM’s public prosecutor Abdullah Altınbaş has been detained for questioning as part of a mass-arrest of 6,000 people as part of a government counter-operation against Friday night’s coup plotters. He was taken into custody and his home searched and paperwork confiscated by police. He was detained under investigation in connection with the coup attempt. …
Read More TWO young Irish scouts are being hailed as heroes after one fearlessly jumped 20ft into a river and the other pulled a 14-year-old Turkish boy to safety after he hit his head and was in danger of drowning. Mollie Tamara Powell, 16, a member of Co Dublin’s Rush 38th Scouts and Sean Thompson, 16, from…
Read More ALACATI, a resort village in the western province of İzmir, is an up-and-coming vacation spot with boutique hotels, luxury beach clubs, cobblestone streets and laid-back local charm. This month, the popular town hosts a fashion and shopping fest, “MillFest,” presented by the Aegean Clothing Manufacturers Association (EGSD), making the town more attractive for fashionistas and…
Read More BEACH-goers have the opportunity to leave their valuables at a bank of safety deposit boxes serving Altinkum beach. The boxes, which are being provided by Didim Council, are available for 5TL a day, including tax. Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay said the boxes were being provided to help combat petty theft on the beaches. He said:…
Read MoreSOKE’S EgeMed Hospital could be set to launch a new location in Didim. On Thursday, rumours were rife of the potential for the private hospital to locate a clinic or functional unit in the town. The image here had been highlighted by a number of sources on Facebook, and Voices is waiting on calls into…
Read More DIDIM Marina is to host a three day festival later this month to help raise much-needed funds for local school tennis courts. The exhibition is being hosted by the marina management and will see the best of art from Didim Art Club, headed by local resident Pat Flint, and her members, as well as art…
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