A TOTAL of 11 Blue Flags has been awarded to the best beaches and one marina on the Didim coastline. However, Aydin Province, which includes Kusadasi and Didim, suffered a drop in the number of Blue Flags handed out annually – shrinking to 27 in 2017 from 31 in 2016. Blue Flags, a universally recognized…
Read MoreLAST Sunday saw the annual Sacred Way walk from Akkoy to Apollo Temple. Voices columnist Glenn Maffia takes you for a ramble down its historical byways ARCHAEOLOGY, since Charles Newton (1857/8) until this day, has continued to reveal important and fascinating evidence of the practices of religious observation duly performed in honouring the god Apollo…
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ONE of the most wide-ranging reports into the state of Didim’s tourism sector has been revealed. The Tourism Assessment Analysis for Didim was prepared by Didim Tourism and Hotel Management Vocational High School. The analysis was unveiled recently at a symposium at the Tourism Hotel Management Vocational High School. Instructor Dr Rabia Aydin’s report looked…
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A PARK in Didim has been named after a young Didim man who died in a submarine accident in 1963. The opening of the park was named after Sehitur Mustafa Ozsoy, who was martyred as the result of the collision of the submarine with a Swedish cargo ship named Naboland and who was the first…
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AFTER last year’s pleasantly successful strolls around the Temple, and before the spring months fully burst upon us, Glenn Maffia wondered about the potential of delivering some informal background talks on the subject of the Temple of Apollo and its extended environment. Speaking to a friend who owns a particularly fine restaurant he indicated…
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DIDIM Council has been backed by Aydin Governate in its pursuit of 90,000TL to restore a two-storey historic house close to Apollo Temple, into a museum and publicity office. Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay explained that the authority had reached an agreement with a company for the restoration of the building – which was a former…
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A PARK will be open in Akbuk tomorrow (March 8) bearing the name of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s mother – Zubeyde Hanim. The Zubeyde Hanim Park will be opened at 1.3opm and will coincide with International Women’s Day. A sculpture of Hanim, which took four months to make, will take centre stage in the park. Buses will…
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DETAILS are beginning to emerge of the Didim Vegfest which is scheduled for April 29-30. At an initial meeting of the festival’s organising committee, it was stated that the festival will be centred on the Apollo Temple and its environs. Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay said that there would be a special cookbook outlining 63 recipes…
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REPORTED dog bites fell in Didim in 2016, while the animal shelter helped sterilize and inoculate 680 animals. The Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs revealed the extent of the work of the Didim Belediye shelter over the course of last year. In 2016, inoculations/sterilizations accounted for 190 cats and 490 dogs, while 36 animals were given…
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A MUSEUM could be on the books close to the Apollo Temple site, Voices can reveal. Didim Council is understood to have applied for a 90,000TL loan from the state to renovate a building that it owns close to the Temple. It is understood the restoration of the two storey building will see the first…
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