REPRESENTATIVES from England and Italy were in Didim this week as part of a joint catering educational project with the town’s Zeynep Mehmet Dönmez Vocational and Technical High School. The participants from Lewisham, Southwark College (England), coordinating-college Zeynep Mehmet Dönmez Vocational, Venosa Beach Resort & Spa and IAL Innovazione Apprendimento Lavoro Friuli Venezia Giulia Srl…
Read MoreTURKEY’S tourism industry may close this year with around $10-11 billion in losses amid a dramatic loss in Russian tourists and a sharp slash in hotel room prices across the country, according to leading sector representatives. “Turkey’s tourism sector grew in double digit figures in the last 25 years. The sector has, however, faced tough times…
Read MoreAdvertorial GET the best of both worlds. At Let’s Group, we are an English-owned Turkish-registered company employing Turkish staff who all speak excellent English. They understand how things work in Turkey! So they can sort out any issues on your behalf and no problems with the language barrier. We are able to offer many different…
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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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Advertorial: ALMOST all of us have one or more complaints about airports and airline companies including extraordinary prices for airport food, paying for excess baggage, or the previous scandal to hit was the duty-free tax dodge of which airline passengers never received the savings. These days though, it is the controversial EU regulation 261/2004 that…
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A 300-YEAR-OLD chapel, located near Didim’s Temple of Apollo, will be finally and officially re-opened for Christian worship on Sunday October 25 at 11am. Dialogue and intense talks behind the scenes between the Christian community and the Didim Mayor’s office came to a head in the last few weeks. It has resulted in the chapel…
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Advertorial THE EVER-POPULAR Lounge Bar and its staff have issued a heart-felt thanks to diners, drinkers, regulars, old and new, for making it a great season at the restaurant and bar. Run by duo Alan and Metin, the bar has become one of the best addresses in the resort for a quiet drink, great food…
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THE Didim Syrian Box Appeal has been given a major boost thanks to the kind-heartedness of a British woman. Cheryl Wilson, from Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, who used to live in Turkey, planned to visit Didim to see a friend when she heard of the local appeal, backed by Voices. Through a local charity contact on…
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A WEEKLY playgroup has been launched at a Didim cafe and play centre. Zebra Playgroup will open for families on Thursdays from 9.15am to 11.30am. Zebra Cafe and Play Centre is located between The Box bar and Valliler School, in Altinkum. The cost is 10Tl per child and this will include a snack, the chance…
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MEMBERS of an Akbuk complex raised 1,100TL through a sponsored swim and a ‘bottle’ tombola to help buy aid for Syrian refugees. Residents on the Summer Breeze complex got behind a sponsored 3km swim by Malcolm Cheadle and a freind from Ulaş to Akbuk harbor. This was then followed up by a raffle of various…
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