Didim’s fourth annual Lavendar festival, held at Akköy Medicinal Aromatic Plants and Ornamental Plants Nursery owned by the municipality, will be held on July 13-14. It will include awareness activities, as well as workshops on composting, seed planting, soap manufacture and ceramics. The Belediye said the activities would also include mushroom cultivation workshops, and lavender…
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Residents in Akbük have called for the village’s presently closed Greek Orthodox Church to be restored to its original state and opened to tourism. The historical church, which was built in the 1870s during the Ottoman period and continued its function until the beginning of the Republic, remained idle after the Greeks migrated to Greece…
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Didim residents want police to take measures against car and motorcycle drivers who speed and make excessive noise on the roads. In every neighborhood of Didim, a signature campaign was launched under the leadership of shopkeepers, and thousands of signatures collected were given to the Didim District Governorate. In the petition given to the District…
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The activity seen in the UK and German markets in early bookings in Kuşadası and Didim, one of the prominent centers of summer tourism, made tourism professionals happy. Tacettin Özden, Board Member of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency and President of the Kuşadası Hoteliers Association, made an evaluation…
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A new Didim-Turgutreis-Bodrum ferry service will be officially launched today (Mon July 1) before going into full operation tomorrow (Tues July 2). Aydın Metropolitan Municipality, in cooperation with Muğla Metropolitan Municipality, will launch the service to mark Cabotage Day – an annual celebration related to merchant marine rights of Turkey. The first of the sea…
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Ferry services from Didim to the Greek islands of Kos and Leros have restarted this season, launched by Yeşil Marmaris The Didim-Kos voyage traveled with 50 people on the first day. The services were restarted after a five-year break. The first ferry left from the district’s D-Marin port. At 08:30, passengers completed their procedures at…
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Three students from Didim have returned with a medal haul after competing in the Aydin regional school sports swimming tournament in Nazilli last weekend. Didim’s representatives this year were: Maya Gördüemel from American Kültür Koleje, Mira Dedemen from Valiler Ilk Okul, and Aymine Ayliz Türkay of Atatürk Ilk Okul. They were among over 100 competitors,…
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A planned meeting in Akbuk today (Thurs) to discuss proposals for a controversial marble quarry could not be held due to the protests from the public. The meeting had been called to discuss the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the plans and for more information about the marble quarry, crushing and screening plant planned to…
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The population exchange between Turkiye and Greece 100 years ago this year has been commemorated in Didim by grandchildren and families of relatives who experienced it. Their ancestors came to Kovela Port – now known as Sedef Koy on the Mavisehir coastline – where they first set foot on Turkish soil. They were transferred from…
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Air temperatures above seasonal norms have mobilised diving tourism early this season in Kuşadası. The resort offers its local and foreign guests the opportunity to explore the unique beauties of the Aegean by diving in the turquoise sea thanks to its underwater beauties. Especially in April, high air temperatures compared to previous years revitalised diving…
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