VOICES rounds up all the latest news on Turkey’s troubled tourism industry. Jet subsidies for flights Turkey is to offer jet fuel subsidies for flights to five of its tourist hot spots as part of its efforts to safeguard tourism revenue after a suicide bombing in Istanbul last week killed 10 German tourists, Hurriyet has…
Read More AKBUK is to get a new park and blockpaving across the resort, Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay has said. He said that ‘significant investments’ would be coming to the resort ‘in a short time’. He has called on the council’s municpal teams to gear up for a number of projects in and around Akbuk, which he…
Read MoreDidim tourism chiefs hit Stuttgart A DELEGATION of Didim tourism officials have been meeting with industry-related agents and companies to promote the resort in Stuttgart this week… The eight-day Germany CMT Tourism Fair was attended by members of the Didim Tourism Infrastructure Service Association (DİTAB). A DİTAB spokesperson said the fair drew in 250,000 and…
Read More A PETITION giving people the opportunity to sign for and against proposals to site an open prison in Didim has been launched this week. Didim Town Council is organising the petition signing – a stand will be outside the town’s Main Mosque, in Yenihisar, for the rest of the week. In the meantime, the council…
Read More DIDIM’s name will be ‘pedalled’ around Turkey – after it became the brand for a new model of bike in Turkey. The town’s Chamber of Commerce was informed that the Salcano bicycle manufacturer had brought out its new model and titled it: Didim. The new bike will be marketed through 500 outlets across the country.…
Read More NEW basketball, volleyball nets and badminton equipment for a Didim school have been bought through the actions of two local groups. The Didim Help in Hands’ Sports for Kids project which seeks to provide sports equipment for schools across the resort has been active in providing for the Gazi School, opposite the main PTT.…
Read More A FORMER Didim resident – Peter Rigg – has lost his fight for life after a serious illness. Voices reported on Tuesday afternoon that the well-known and much-loved character was seriously ill at home in the UK with his family at bedside, and a McMillan nurse and district nurses in attendance. We can now confirm…
Read More SCORES of ‘fake’ life jackets – potentially life-killers for refugees trying to get to Europe by sea – have been seized across Altinkum and Didim. Four weeks ago Voices ran images of life jackets being openly sold in the town. This week, Didim Police and Excise Department, along with Didim Council, carried out raids at…
Read More WORK is moving quickly on the hole that has been dug out beside Burger King in Didim. A concrete base has been laid and workmen were busy everywhere when Voices paid a visit Friday afternoon. The eventual development is rumoured to be an underground car park with a two extension to the side of Burger…
Read More (Travel Mole) Thousands of air passengers could benefit from a court decision this week which ruled that lightning strikes are not one of the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ that excuse airlines from paying flight delay compensation. Judge Melissa Clarke ruled in favour of two passengers in an appeal case against Monarch Airlines at Reading County Court. The…
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