Didim Municipality took action for the superstructure of the 75th Year Industrial Site, the largest industrial site in the district. Road construction work has begun in the industrial site by the Technical Works Directorate teams. Following Didim Mayor Hatice Gençay’s visit to the 75th Year Industrial Site in recent months, the municipality has taken the…
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Plogging in Didim members are back in action after a well-earned summer break. Member Geoffrey Beedell said this week’s plog was at Sarıkum Plajı. The plog was attended by 16 people. It was a cool start but by the end most of us were gently perspiring! The beach was surprisingly clean but on the headland…
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Didim-based Ukrainian Sofia Bychyk came away as a champion at the 15th World Karate Championships in Sheffield, England. She came first in the 14-15 years old age category of the Shobu Ippon discipline at the KTC event held on September 5-8. Sofia, who studies at Didim American College, also took third in the 14-15 yrs…
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A significant piece of land at Mavişehir, near Didim, has been allocated for hotel construction by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The Ministry revealed this week it had released two plots of coastal land for two 1,000-bed 5-star hotels. The land is locally referred to as “Sedef Bay, Sarıkum Beach and Kulakçı Bay” in the…
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As Aydin prepares for the annual olive oil harvest, authorities have thwarted a major fraud said to be worth 1 million Turkish Lira. Food fraudsters caught In an operation by gendarmerie teams in Efeler district of Aydın, 88 boxes of fake olive oil with a market value of 1 million liras were seized. A tax fine of…
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The 8th International Academic Conference on Social Science Research (IACRRS), organized by Oxford University in Oxford, England, brought together academics and educators from more than 40 countries on 23-25 August 2024. Didim Public Education Center teacher Düriye Gönen Kaya represented Turkiye at the event on 23-25 August 2024. The conference invited world-leading scientists, researchers and academicians…
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With the summer season coming to an end in Didim, Mayor Hatice Gençay issued a warning to holidaymakers urging them not to throw their pets out on the streets when returning home. After the new laws regarding stray animals came into effect in our country, municipalities have a great responsibility, and Didim Municipality is shown…
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The 29th Peace Festival events were organized across last Sunday and Monday (Sept 1-2) and saw many locals and foreign national taking part. The festival was organized in partnership with Didim Municipality, Didim Tourism Infrastructure Service Union (DİTAB), Didim Association, Didim Tourism Association and Aegean Peace and Friendship Association. It is held each year in Didim within…
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By Chris Evans Didim’s first professional football team, Efeler 09 FK, didn’t disappoint on its debut as a superb 72nd minute free-kick won the match against Viranşehir. In the TFF 3. Lig (Fourth Division) opener, Efeler 09 FK, which has been forced to relocate Didim’s Ataturk Stadium due to their own ground being demolished as…
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Didim-based members of the family of American-Turkish dual-national Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, killed by Israeli troops while participating in a protest against settler expansion in the occupied West Bank have spoken of their devastation of her death. Ayşenur, a 26-year-old volunteer with the anti-occupation International Solidarity Movement, died in hospital on Friday after being shot in…
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