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Let’s enjoy Turkey

Advertorial 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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Refugee crisis latest: Didim, Leros, Samos

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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Airlines’ dirty tricks to prevent ‘delay compensation’

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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Chapel re-opens after 300 years

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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A big thank from the Lounge Bar

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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Syrian appeal given major boost

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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Playgroup launches at Zebra

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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Residents reach out to refugees

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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Countries issue new travel advice on Turkey

SEVERAL countries have issued travel warnings for Turkey in the wake of Saturday’s dual suicide bombing. A total of 15 countries stepped up advisories. They include the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands and Iran, Bugun media reported. The UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office updated…

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10/10 Ankara blasts update: March in Didim

UP to a thousand people joined for a protest walk late Saturday in Didim in protest at the worst terror attack in Turkey in Ankara, which left at least 95 dead, including a student from the town. Members of the Didim Democracy Platform joined in a walk at about 5.30pm from the old CourtHouse on…

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