Refugees detained by Coast Guard The flood of refugees into the Didim region as they set off on their final journey to Greece and into Europe fails to cease. This week, the Coast Guard and local authorities detained 208 Syrian refugees as they travelled in a 22-metre long wooden boat from Taşburun. They were rescued as…
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DIDIM police are investigating the murder of a mother-of-four after an alleged meeting with her former partner resulted in her being stabbed to death. Reports suggest that the former wife of the main suspect was the mother of four children from their relationship. This relationship had ended and the man had gone on to father…
Read More POLICE have revealed that a Glock, two Uzis, gun cartridges and a Barretta have been recovered in three separate incidents over January 4-5. Glock and Uzis recovered The Glock and two Uzi submachine guns were recovered hidden in a stove bucket at a house in Tasburun, close to Mavisehir, at 6.30pm on Tuesday January 5.…
Read More AN EXPAT has gone ‘fruit’n’nut’ after a PTT ‘choc-block’ on a special festive package for her four children. Jill Robinson, from Didim, was left stunned when Aydin Post Office declared that she wouldn’t be able to pick up her 20 kilogramme package containing at least 16 kilos of chocolate for Christmas. A Customs manager ruled…
Read More ALTINKUM is to undergo a fresh round of demolitions as a second phase of ‘beautification’ gets underway this winter between Medusa Disco and Tuntas Hotel (also referred to as Second Beach). Didim mayor Deniz Atabay revealed on a visit to side streets opposite Dolphin Square that a fresh round of demolition – from buildings to…
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ENTRY prices to some of Turkey’s popular historic attractions are to increase in the New Year – with some rising as high as 400 percent. Despite experiencing a decline in the number of visitors heading through the entrance to some of the best historic sites on the globe, the Culture and Tourism Ministry will ring…
Read More THE bottom end of Altinkum’s Ataturk Boulevard has been closed to traffic as flood alleviation work moves up a notch. Massive pipework is being lowered at the bottom of the Boulevard, while diggers are currently ploughing up the sidewalk on the Hotel Horizon side of the Boulevard going up and beyond Sevil’s Dentist Centre which…
Read More BURGER King in Didim will remain closed for at least 15 days, Voices has learned. A massive digging operation continues apace in the shared Carrefour car park but parts of the Burger King restaurant has been left sitting precariously on the edge of the massive hole. The development work is part of plans for an…
Read MoreMONDAY saw the release of 37 people who were detained following a rally on Sunday in Didim against the police and Gendarme crackdown in Turkey’s South East. The rally, organised by the HDP political party, saw the police use water cannon and teargas to disperse a crowd of about 150 people who had gathered at…
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I woke up on our second to last day in İdil feeling excited for Bayram celebrations and confident that we would have a good day, free from the sound of guns and bombs. I got up and dressed the children in their Bayram outfits and put my own Bayram outfit on. It wasn’t an easy…
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