WORK has begun on renovating and converting a former Greek house into a museum. Workers have been on site in recent days in starting work on the house that was abandoned as a result of the population exchange between Turks and Greeks is set to be brought back to life as a museum. Didim Mayor…
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THIRD Beach could be sensitively redeveloped with homes and businesses reflecting its former Greek past. News has emerged that Didim Council wants to re-invigorate the bay area between Didim Beach Hotel and the Didim Marina. The project seeks to have a longer beach area and to build residences and commercial units in keeping with a…
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IMMIGRATION administration offices are to open in Didim, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Fethiye and Marmaris, the Council of Ministers have said. In today’s issue of the Official Gazette, a decision has been issued by the Council of Ministers on the establishment of 16 new district immigration administration offices. According to this, the offices will be established under the…
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A STATUE of the Goddess Medusa will take her ‘throne’ on Altinkum Seafront in April, it has been revealed. The sculpture, which will be located opposite Popeye’s and close to Dolphin Square, is the work of Olgaç Demirkol. The statue, which will be gilded with gold and be white in colour, took four months to construct. A…
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A HOUSE that was abandoned as a result of the population exchange between Turks and Greeks is set to be brought back to life as a museum. Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay said the two-storey house will undergo extensive restoration and will be transformed into a place to reflect on the town’s history. The…
Read More UK EXPATS are no longer the biggest group of foreign nationals living in Aydin Country, newly released figures show. There were just 1,524 UK residents living in Aydin, which includes Didim and Kusadasi, in 2017 – compared to 1,851 residents in 2016 – a fall of 327. In total, there are now 7,317 foreign nationals living…
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FOUR kilometres of a 2,300-year-old stone road, which connects the ancient cities of Alinda and Herakleia (Latmos) in the western province of Aydın’s Söke district, have been destroyed by villagers to make way for their olive groves. The Association of Ecosystem Protection and Nature Lovers (EKODOSD) has initiated work for the registration and protection of…
Read MoreTHE flood of new Turkish residents into Didim over the last year saw the population spike to a new high of 79,464 people. While much has been made of the decreasing foreign expat population in the town in recent years, Didim still accounted for the highest rise across the whole of the Aydin County. The…
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A FAMILY has appealed direct to Voices readers to solve a 40-year mystery of the whereabouts of a missing uncle – named Kevin Williams. Kevin, who would now be 71, is believed to have been in Altinkum back in 2003 and 2004. His family, who hails from Wexford in Ireland, have not heard from him…
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A UNIQUE e-book focusing on the archaeological sites surrounding the Temple of Apollo and penned by “Voices” columnist Glenn Maffia is now for sale on Amazon and Google Books. Entitled “Faint Whispers from the Oracle”, Glenn has concentrated upon those little, if ever, written about sites which the German archaeologists have meticulously unearthed over the last…
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