More than 100 camera traps have been laid in Dilek Peninsula National Park close to Didim in an attempt to spot the rare Anatolian Leopard. While efforts are underway by the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) to track down the Anatolian leopard, which is about to become extinct in Turkey, it…
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An innovative tourism project, the Mars Colony Hotel Project, is set to be introduced to an unsuspecting world later this year. The vision is part of Kuşadası Mayor Ömer Günel’s aim to attract a diverse range of tourists to the Aegean resort, particularly young generations. Helping to raise a competitive and inspiring generation within the…
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Meetings have been held in Didim, Kusadasi and Bodrum over the last week as travel agents and authorities came together to assess the 2022 holiday season and look to a new one. Turkish Travel Agencies Association (TÜRSAB) Chairman of the Board Firuz Bağlıkaya evaluated the 2022 tourism season in the program where he met with…
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The digital map, prepared by Kuşadası Municipality to enable citizens living in the city, resident foreigners and visiting tourists to easily reach their destinations, was introduced to the members of Kuşadası City Council Executive Board and Foreigners’ Assembly. Kuşadası Municipality made a presentation to the members of the Kuşadası City Council Executive Committee and Foreigners’ Assembly…
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Çiğdem Sarı Fraser, a 56-year-old travel agency owner and tourism operator living in Bodrum, settled on the land in Dörttepe Village, which she bought 20 years ago with her British architect husband, 72-year-old Cliff Fraser. It was then they started producing elixir olive oil. Fraser, who has been producing olive oil for two years, recently…
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Two primary school friends – 12-year-old Ada Başer and İrem Bilik (7) – have sold various items from their homes to help the met the vet costs of four abandoned kittens they discovered. The Kusadasi-based youngsters, from the Ege District, found the stray kittens in the garden of Köseoğlu Sitesi about 3 weeks ago. They gave…
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EDA Topçuoğlu, a teacher living in İzmir, decided to become a foster mum and says her life is now complete. Topçuoğlu, 36, who lives in Karşıyaka and works as a pre-school teacher in a special education centre, decided to adopt a boy four years ago through a friend. Topçuoğlu, who took care of children within…
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ENTRY prices to some of Turkey’s popular historic attractions are to increase in the New Year – with some rising as high as 400 percent. Despite experiencing a decline in the number of visitors heading through the entrance to some of the best historic sites on the globe, the Culture and Tourism Ministry will ring…
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THE Turkish property sector is currently abuzz with news of star-studded buyers flocking to buy villas on the Western Coast – no less than Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and Real Madrid star Ronaldo. Obviously Voices has put a call into the PR agents for all parties and we’re still waiting for a…
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