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…
Read MoreTURKEY’S population increased by more than 1 million people in 2016, reaching 79,814,871, the Turkish Statistics Institute announced on Jan. 31. According to 2016 results from the records of Address Based Population Registration System, males made up 50.2 percent of the total population and females made up 49.8 percent. The most populated province in the…
Read MoreEXTRADITION of Didim-based British expat – David Spencer Hill – back to the UK is continuing, after Voices revealed he had been on the run for four years – and is yet to serve a six-year jail term. Hill (73) – who also went by the name of David Spence – was due to face…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE THIS is the first official view of a new look Altinkum beach front, Voices Newspaper can reveal. The new ‘glasshouse’ is a newly planned, private development that will incorporate land including well-known restaurants Sunshine, Vista, Dolunay and Big Ben’s. While the restaurants presently remain open for business, bulldozers are planned to move in before…
Read MoreAYDIN Province’s disappearing history could be given a shot in the arm from an unlikely source. The county’s Büyük Menderes Platform – an agency interested in preserving the province’s ruins is preparing to launch a project to raise public awareness to the fate of Aydin’s historical monuments. Under the project, the Platform seeks further protection…
Read MoreTHE works of a keen watercolour artist will be showcased in Didim from Saturday (October 15) at an Altinkum dental practice. Eighty-two-year-old artist John Burnell has been holidaying in the resort for nearly a decade where he and his wife, Gene, have a property. Twenty paintings of Mr Burnell’s have been donated to the Didim…
Read MoreLynn Dulledge ON TUESDAY October 4, the volunteer friends group of the Didim Animal Shelter opened their doors to celebrate World Animal Day. We are excited to announce that our open afternoon was a roaring success. We were overwhelmed with the huge attendance and generous donations of dog food and money that now enables us…
Read MoreVOICES EXCLUSIVE SHOCKED British expats in Didim are trying to understand how a ‘charming, cultured and considered pillar of the community” – 73-year-old David Spencer Hill – has been suddenly detained at Soke Prison. Mr Hill, 73, who is largely known as David Spence, has lived in Didim for more than five years and was…
Read MoreA YESILTEPE-based veteran soldier is one of the UK’s first 500 people to donate a kidney to a stranger as a living donor. NHS Blood and Transplant revealed today that 500 people in the UK have now donated a kidney to a stranger as a living donor in the 10 years since the law was changed…
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