A NOTORIOUS human trafficker has been caught on the Greek island of Leros, but the flood of refugees and migrants into Didim looking to escape to the EU continues apace. Gendarme officers detained 94 illegal migrants/refugees – 90 Syrians and four Sudanese – at Tasburun fishing port, near Didim, two nights ago as they were attempting…
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THREE out of four British holidaymakers are actively avoiding Islamic countries following recent acts of terrorism, according to a new survey by travel deals company Travelzoo. Almost the same number said the migrant situation had put them off travelling through the Channel Tunnel or by Eurostar, reported TravelMole. Just over half said recent acts of…
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VOICES columnist Amy Idem, originally from Lancashire, lives with her husband and three children. She writes about her cultural and life experiences here, and on her blog: https://memyselfandidil.wordpress.com/ We had finally made the decision to leave İdil, even if things began to improve there would be no telling when things could start to go downhill…
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Glenn Maffia To put it mildly I was incandescent with irritation that the ‘Apollon Workshop’ was veiled to become, to all intents and purposes, a ‘Closed Shop’. This was something that I needed to be within and hear the proposals (if there were any) espoused. I informed a Turkish archaeologist friend of mine, who was…
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THE history of the ancient city of Ephesus stretches back 8,000 years ago, but the discovery of an amulet shows that it is at least one millennium older, the Daily Hurriyet has reported. An amulet figure that has been unearthed during excavations at the Çukuriçi mound in Ephesus has revealed the ancient city is actually…
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Louise Fatma Kiliç continues her personal journey in Turkey IT WAS July 2010 and I had been in Turkey for a little less than 6 months. For fellow expats you will understand that at this stage the excitement of living in Turkey hasn’t faded. Every day you wake up and catch your breath that you…
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CONSIDERED Turkey’s capital for cruise tourism, Kuşadası has already welcomed seven cruise ships, nearly 18,000 tourists and 7,800 crewmembers this season. Thousands of tourists from the U.S., Spain, Italy, Canada, the U.K., and Portugal have flooded the Kuşadası port after the ships dock at the popular tourism hub. While many tourists visit historical sites such…
Read More TWO boat disasters – one close to the Didim area – left more than 50 refugees, many women and children, dead this week The first incident occurred last Sunday (Sept 13) as Syrian refugees tried to make it to the Greek islet of Farmakonisi after setting off less than 10 km (6 miles) from the…
Read More VOICES columnist Amy Idem, originally from Lancashire, lives with her husband and three children, in Idil, in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak. She writes about her cultural and life experiences here, and on her blog: https://memyselfandidil.wordpress.com/ Where do we go from here? WE sit in the lounge as we do every night, we act fascinated…
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Voices columnist Glenn Maffia on a ‘historic mistake’ I STILL retain a slight niggled doubt, though my archaeologist friends have done the work and concluded that my visual observation of the placement of a possible third temple is awry by some twenty metres or so. Oh so near, yet so far! I kowtow to their…
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