Local News

Fear of flying?

Kate Ashley-Norman – is a long-time resident, entrepreneur, mum, and owner of The Didim Hypnotherapy Clinic YESTERDAY I did something unavoidable that I hate doing – I flew (in a plane, not literally). It’s something that I have to do if I’m going to catch up with family and friends. But I put up with…

Read More
Didim witnesses highs and lows

THE HIGHS and lows of Didim’s tourism season was apparently witnessed in the spate of a few days as families piled into the resort for last week’s Şeker Bayamı festival.

Read More
Interest rates still too high: Erdogan

TURKISH Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said interest rates are still too high and should be lowered, despite the central bank cutting its main interest rate by a total of 175 basis points since May.

Read More
Akbuk runs short of water

WHILE tourists have been enjoying the luxury of a cooling dip in their pool or lazying by the Aegean, there seems to have been a more stressful situation arising – a lack of tap water in Akbuk.

Read More
Night shift for Mayor

DIDIM Mayor Deniz Atabay got an idea of what it’s like to be on the night shift at the height of the tourism season last week.

Read More