With Didim having one of the highest number of summer houses in Aydin province, the problems of unregistered rentals continues to rear its head. According to information, there remains a high demand for unregistered seasonal rental houses. While work has been initiated on unregistered house rentals within the scope of the latest law passed by…
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Hasan Bayrak, Voices Publisher Glenn Maffia, one of the first editors of our newspaper, died last January 10th at the age of 66. I met Glenn in 2005, when I was a young 26-year-old journalist with plans to launch Voices, but I didn’t know how. And I met Glenn and Gill and together we published…
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The best beaches in Didim have been revealed amid news that sunbeds and sun loungers will be provided free at all public-run beaches. A total of 12 beaches and Didim Marina have been awarded the Blue Flag status. The internationally recognised eco-label lauds high water quality, environmental management, education and safety at the spots. The…
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Didim Chamber of Commerce President Hilmi Erbaş said that Didim is rapidly urbanizing and this situation brings many problems. Erbaş said: “The rapid construction in our district needs to be controlled in a planned manner. The aesthetics of the buildings need to be inspected. In addition, the city’s resources will become insufficient after a while…
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Didim’s fourth annual Lavendar festival, held at Akköy Medicinal Aromatic Plants and Ornamental Plants Nursery owned by the municipality, will be held on July 13-14. It will include awareness activities, as well as workshops on composting, seed planting, soap manufacture and ceramics. The Belediye said the activities would also include mushroom cultivation workshops, and lavender…
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Residents in Akbük have called for the village’s presently closed Greek Orthodox Church to be restored to its original state and opened to tourism. The historical church, which was built in the 1870s during the Ottoman period and continued its function until the beginning of the Republic, remained idle after the Greeks migrated to Greece…
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Surrounded by the deep blue waters of the Aegean, rising on the southern slopes of Samsun Mountain, 15 km southwest of Söke district, the Ancient City of Priene looks like a treasure lost in the depths of history. Its first traces date back to B.C. This ancient city, discovered in the mid-7th century, attracts attention…
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Didim residents want police to take measures against car and motorcycle drivers who speed and make excessive noise on the roads. In every neighborhood of Didim, a signature campaign was launched under the leadership of shopkeepers, and thousands of signatures collected were given to the Didim District Governorate. In the petition given to the District…
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The activity seen in the UK and German markets in early bookings in Kuşadası and Didim, one of the prominent centers of summer tourism, made tourism professionals happy. Tacettin Özden, Board Member of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency and President of the Kuşadası Hoteliers Association, made an evaluation…
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A new Didim-Turgutreis-Bodrum ferry service will be officially launched today (Mon July 1) before going into full operation tomorrow (Tues July 2). Aydın Metropolitan Municipality, in cooperation with Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, will launch the service to mark Cabotage Day – an annual celebration related to merchant marine rights of Turkey. The first of the sea…
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