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Signature campaign over Third Beach fears

A SIGNATURE campaign was launched last Saturday with the aim of highlighting the public’s unease at the potential beach privatization of Third Beach. Turkish and expat residents joined the demonstration, organized by the Didim Democrat Platform, at the Poseidon Statue on Main Beach, with a petition being created to indicate the public’s protests. The demonstration…

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Police in mass swoop on Didim

EXPATS and foreign tourists may have been left wandering what on earth was happening when droves of police swarmed Didim last Friday night (Aug 22). It appears that it was part of a surprise mass raid across the district to check on businesses and individuals – and all in the name of peace and security,…

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Multiplex opens at Novada

FILM fans have been given a local boost with the opening a new multiplex cinema at Soke’s Novada Shopping Complex. The Cinemarine complex which opened on Friday (Aug 29) pledges to host domestic and international films for all tastes. The centre, the first for Soke, is the latest edition to the Novada project which has…

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Expat numbers up or down?

A RECENT debate on social media made me think: someone had asked a question about whether I would know how many expats actually live in Didim on a permanent basis, writes Klaus Jurgens.

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Appollon Temple road closed

THE road that runs through the centre of Eskikoy, which is home to the Temple of Appolo, will be closed to traffic for a month due ongoing archaeological digs.

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