A PREGNANT British tourist has spoken of her terror after being forced to escape a fatal blaze at a hotel in Alanya. Sarah Larkin, 27, her boyfriend Mark Kershaw and her two children aged five and three had to flee from their apartment at the Eftalia Marin-hotel in Alanya in the early hours as the…
Read More An Irish tourist has been found dead with a single stab wound at his rented apartment in Bodrum. John Edward Donnelly, 64, arrived in the district 20 days ago and rented an apartment in Neyzen Tevfik Caddesi. His body was found naked in the apartment with a stab wound in his back at 2pm today (June…
Read More Archaeologists this week discovered women’s jewelry, believed to be 2,500-year-old, during ongoing excavations in Milas, just an hour from Didim. According to Anadolu News Agency, Milas Archaeology Museum Directorate teams came across a historical tomb, which was said to contain bones belonging to a woman. During the excavation, the teams found two gold earrings, decorated…
Read More ONE of the first beach weddings of the 2016 tourism season in Altinkum took place on Thursday with British couple David and Kelli Angliss tying the knot. The couple, from Billericay, Essex, enjoyed the wedding on Main Beach before they, their family and friends enjoyed a reception at Topkapi Restaurant. David (28), originally from Southend-on-Sea, and Kelli (28),…
Read MoreFREE Turkish lessons are being offered at Halk Eğitim Merkezi, down the side of HSBC Bank, in Didim. Teacher Mustafa, from Halk Eğitim Merkezi, has informed us that a new course of free Turkish lessons for foreigners will be starting soon. Time and dates are yet to be finalized. For more information, contact him on 0505…
Read MoreA BENEFITS cheat illegally claimed thousands of pounds when he failed to reveal he owned property in Altinkum and at home. Howard Smith owned a holiday property at Palm Tree Village, Altinkum, and a house in Sutherland View, Blackpool, which he rented out, the Blackpool Gazette reports. He failed to tell Blackpool Council or the…
Read MoreTHE number of foreign visitors to Turkey fell by 28 percent in April, official data has revealed, – with the biggest drop since 1999. The decline signals more pain for Turkey’s economy, which is smarting from slowing exports and weak private investment. Some economists have forecast that tourism revenue will drop by a quarter this…
Read More FRIENDS have rallied to the support of a hard-working British mum-of-four who faces deportation on June 6 after falling foul of the work permit law. Jill Robinson, who has been responsible for Altinkum Premier Cleaning and Maintenance, was issued with a 30-day deportation notice, fined 765TL, and the business fined 7,500TL. She was hauled in…
Read More A DIDIM resident is organising a trip to a special music concert at Ephesus, near Izmir. The concert, which is part of the Izmir Music festival, is being held on Saturday June 25 at 9pm and will feature the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, as well as Pablo Heras-Casado and Alice Sara Otto on piano. It will…
Read MoreTURKEY was ranked third for the number of benefit cheats swindling the UK taxpayer out of an estimated £81 million last year. Spain, Pakistan and Turkey topped the list of so-called ‘fraud’ hotspots, according to government statistics. Nearly 6,000 fraudsters living in nations as far away as Afghanistan and Zambia have been caught making bogus…
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