TWO adventurers – a Canadian and a Briton – have completed a challenge to follow the Great Menderes River through to its end. Itto Kornecki, who studied Robotics in Canada, and Laurie Twine, a psychiatrist, came to the region after they read and influenced by the travel book Meander, written by travel writer Jeremy Seal.…
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THE Plogging in Didim Group is continuing to gain momentum in Turkish society, education circles – and now have plans to highlight its work at next month’s Vegfest. While the group continues to regularly patrol the Didim coastline for rubbish, it also has a very active Facebook group. At its most recent monthly meeting, more…
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AROUND 200 people attended the funeral of Tony Sapsford, a long-time Didim expat, who was one of the mainstays of the town’s darts community. Voices understands that Mr Sapsford, who lived in the town with his wife Sue for many years, died at Bodrum’s Acibadem hospital following complications caused by pneumonia. Among those attending his…
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EXPATS and local residents saw the New Year in at a number of residents and bars around town last night. Photographer Bahri Asik was on hand to capture the celebrations as residents saw out 2018 and danced into 2019. Here’s a selection of images from last night’s partying:
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THE sensitive renovation of the Exchange House, which will become a museum chronicling the Population Exchange of 1923, has received a major prize. It has been recognised as a winner in the Cultural Heritage Protection and Encouragement Competition organised by the Association of Turkish Historical Towns. President Deniz Atabay attended the ceremony in Antalya, along…
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THE construction of the 2 July Park, designated for Çamlık District, has begun. After landscaping the park, a children’s playgrounds, quiet places and a sculpture will be added. A sculpture has been prepared in the workshop of the Municipality of Didim, as well as the figures of the men and women returned to the haji on…
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DIDIM Glee Club is proud to present its sixth annual pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk! This is a GIANT of a pantomime with plenty of FI Fi Fo FUN! Join Jack as he swaps his bovine best friend for a useless bag of beans! See how things hot up for Jack when he decides to climb…
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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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