Local news round -up
Brits robbed – 3 detained
TWO British tourists had their handbags lifted close to Main Beach, but CCTV helped police snare three suspects.
The distraction-style incident occurred last weekend on the seafront.
The police used CCTV to track and spot the suspects, and later arrested three, aged 24 and 16 years.
It appears the tourists placed their handbags on a wall and in a moment’s distraction, a suspect vanished with the bags.
But after alerting police, they turned to the CCTV monitoring the seafront and arrested suspects, SA (24), CS and DY (16). They were later sent to court, arrested and later bailed pending further enquiries.
Meanwhile, two suspects were taken into custody for attempting to burn cabling in a parking lot.
Suspects A.Ö and A. D. were detained and later released.
Residents to bike for health
A EUROPEAN campaign urging people to cycle back to health will come to Didim on July 28.
The Cross Border Cycling Events, part of the European Union, International Sport and Culture Association-ISC and the European Cyclists’ Federation, under the Erasmus + SPORT project, will see cycling teams from five countries biking from Turkey to Brussels.
They will be heading into Didim on July 28 where they hope to meet other bikers from the community.
The associated NowWeMOVE is Europe’s biggest campaign promoting sport and physical activity.
Its vision is to get “100 million more Europeans active in sport and physical activity by 2020”.
The campaign’s overall objectives are to raise awareness of the benefits of sport and physical activity among European citizens; promote opportunities to be active in sport and physical activity; and enable sustainable and innovative capacity building for providers of physical activity initiatives through open-source solutions and advocacy.
As part of this, a team from Mugle province will be coming to Didim as part of a 400-day, 3,000km bike to Brussels in time for European Sports Week between Sept 7-13.
The schedule for Didim on July 28 is:
11am: Soke-Dalyan Junction “Didim Bicycle Group” will participate. Trails; Dalyan-Balat-Yenikoy-Akköy-Taşburun- Miletus Temple of Apollo Altinkum and set to Ataturk Avenue’s Peace Café. Test drive by local groups. A total of 42km of trails and four rest stops
16.00: the Temple of Apollo Altinkum Peace Break Cafe Participation Bike Tour: At the Temple of Apollo, the local community and the protocol is planned to support the event. Turkey Team and the public can participate in bike tours with local cycling groups is up to the Temple of Apollo Peace Café.
21.00: Concert: Altinkum free public concert on the beach
Sila delights Marina crowd
TOP Turkish singer SIla performed to hundreds of adoring fans at the Didim Marina amphitheatre last Saturday.
Sila, who has had many chart hits in Turkey, was warmly greeted by Didim’s locals and largely Turkish holidaymaker contingent.
The event was ticket only, leaving scores more outside having to listen only to the songstress.
Didim Marina also has a number of events planned for August which will be announced soon.
Didim protests Suruç massacre
SCORES of protestors hit the streets of Didim this week to protest the suicide bomb attack in Suruç, which claimed 32 lives.
Around 600 people, including members of various political parties and local residents, joined together for the march.
They shouted in protest as they walked to the Town’s Square at the deaths of the mainly young people who had gathered in Suruc with the aim of going to rebuild the town of Kobane, on the Syrian-Turkey border.
Police attended and accompanied the march. Atatürk Boulevard was closed to traffic for a short time.
Citizens surrounding the group offered their support with applause from time to time.
After the march ended, one minute’s silence was held in the square. After speeches were made, the crowd dispersed without incident. It is understood that police reinforcements were drafted in from Aydin, Soke and Kusdasi for the safety of the protest.