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Bills – nahh, let’s do lunch

Andy Probert RECEIVING and paying bills are a part of the everyday nuts and bolts of living the dream in our Turkish paradise. However, there are quite a few novel ways of avoiding paying the bills: whether it’s a flit, flight or fight you’re only delaying the inevitable as the authorities in Turkey know your…

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Didim to get 30 new cameras

GREATER safety measures will be employed this season  in Altinkum, with the addition of 30 new spy cameras. Didim Governor İskender Yonden made the announcement during the Didim Tourism Week. He said that the police, which already had a MOBESE CCTV system across the town, will be getting an extra 30 cameras that will monitor…

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Lots of Lira 4TL to £

HOLIDAYMAKERS coming to Turkey will be in for a boom time with the currency – after the Lira hit the magical 4TL to the pound this week.

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Paying water bills

IF you are a holidaymaker or second home owner and face paying water bills in Didim when you come over, then you need to be aware of a minor change.

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Construction of grand hotel at Milas

THE construction of a large hotel that will have a capacity of 1,000 beds in Milas has begun on top of burned forestland and looks to be finished in 2017. The hotel is being constructed on land that experienced a large fire eight years ago, when 150 hectares of forest burned.

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Sewer works cause misery

RESIDENTS endured water cuts for a number of hours and roads were closed as the Aydin Metropolitan Municipality General Directorate of Water and Sewage Works (ASKİ) continued its programme of works in Didim this week.

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Akut’s appeal to residents

DIDIM Akut, the local search and rescue body, has appealed to the local public to swell its numbers and find out more about the group’s activities.

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