DIDIM Mayor Deniz Atabay held a meeting with representatives of the building sector and told them: ‘Obey the rules or else’. He, along with senior council officers and politicians, met at the Didim Aytaç – Nurullah Kocabıyık Cultural Center to address builds and constructors. He said there had been too much negative talk about Didim…
Read MoreDIDIM Mayor Deniz Atabay promises to get tough on illegal peddlars and traders on the beach front has begun. Senior politicians and council officers were this week seen directing operations in removing mobile traders’ stalls. It is being seen as the mayor’s iron grip to reclaim the beach front for the tourist and the public.…
Read MoreAndy Probert – Voices Editor IT was great so many people brave the awful weather on Wednesday as they queued up to have their day with the Mayor. Except he had exited stage right for Aydin on an important meeting and left his senior colleagues to oversee the proceedings. As much as the politicians tried…
Read MoreA DAD who was filmed breaking his leg in eight places when he hurtled into a swimming pool wall at the foot of a Didim waterslide is now back on his own two feet. Des Jarvis’ right leg was saved by a consultant at Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge, during the course of multiple operations following the horrific…
Read MorePLANS to rezone Third Beach into a haven for hotels are being challenged in the law courts. Central government wants to re-allocate the bay for tourism, with five-star hotels. However, the Didim Association has launched a formal challenge in the Aydın Administrative Court aiming to get the plan struck off. The court has since appointed…
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A breakaway group of five cyclists headed out towards the Soke as part of the sixth leg of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on the outskirts of Didim today. The sixth stage of the Tour Turkey, which was taking place between Bodrum and Selcuk, saw the group some five to six minutes ahead of…
Read MoreSTREET dogs to be rounded up, beaches to get extra litter bins, Altinkum front to be improved and a new unit created to combat illegal or rogue builders are among a host of issues that Didim Council is to tackle in the coming months. About 100 residents turned up to a meeting today (Wednesday April…
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DIDIM’S new mayor Deniz Atabay is to hold a public meeting for the foreign community living in the town. Voices Newspaper was instrumental in helping bring the meeting about. It will be held on Wednesday April 30, at 1pm, at the Meeting Room at Didim Council House. The mayor will outline his plans for the…
Read MoreMEMBERS of Help in Hands group staged a fancy dress walk around Didim as part of their efforts to raise 27,000TL for a training centre project for the disabled. As part of the Rehabilitation Centre plans in Didim, former Myaor Mumin Kamaci allocated 2,000sq m of land to create a park and sensory garden area…
Read MoreAPPLICATIONS for new residence permits are now being accepted BUT Didim polis are apparently advising people to go to Aydin. Voices has learned. When Voices queried this, an officer said there was no-one in the Didim Polis Foreigners’ department and were advising people to go Aydin’s Foreigners’ Department. Whether this is a short-term issue, we…
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