THE 95th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey will be celebrated across the country on October 28-29. The celebrations in Didim will revolve around the Atatürk monument at Cumhuriyet Square. As per previous years programmes, there will be a wreath laying ceremony at Atatürk Square with the Didim Governor, civic dignitaries, school…
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TWO brothers and a childhood friend have met for the first time in more than 40 years – while on holiday in Altinkum. Don Price was the first to go on his travels when he joined the Royal Navy in 1969. In the mid-1970s his brother Bob emigrated first to New Zealand, then to Australia…
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ARRANGEMENTS are underway for the funeral of long-time Didim resident, Karlheinz Pfalzgraf, following his untimely death while on holiday in Crete. News has been slowly emerging from Greece and the expat community of Karlheinz’s sudden death believed to be from a heart attack, while on the Greek island on July 19. He was aged 76.…
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CONCERNS are being raised in various interest communities over the fate of little-known frescoes depicting Jesus which are located at the Yediler Monastery located in the Beşparmak Mountains which passes through the district of Milas. The frescoes show scenes of Jesus’ life, works and death, bit are slowly being destroyed as they are not…
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BRTISH expat and fugitive paedophile David Spencer Hill – who went on the run and and settled in the town in plain sight for six years – has finally been jailed back in the UK. Yesterday (Wednesday June 27), David Spencer Hill was jailed for more than six years for non-recent sexual offences back in the…
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A NUMBER of slides at the Didim Aqua Park were destroyed in a fire today. Firefighters raced to the scene of the park, which is not yet open, and brought the blaze under control within an hour. The cause of the blaze is still being investigated, but the damage at the park, which is Yalikoy…
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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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