A BAPTISM ceremony has taken place at the Didim chapel for the first time after 150 years. The son of Assyrian businessman Enlil Simon Afram was baptized at the chapel, located close to Apollo Temple.in Aydın’s Didim district. The Metropolitan Bishop of Mardin and Diyarbakır Saliba Özmen performed the baptism. He noted that he led the…
Read MoreDETAILS for a new weekly market place in Efeler district of Didim are beginning to take shape. Although no date or week day has been announced yet, the council has revealed the market could be located around Streets 1409-1410 and 1411, or close to community health centre, which is a few minutes’ walk behind Caspers…
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IT has taken a second crack, but it appears Didim will soon be getting a new open-air market for the Efeler district. Didim council attempted to push through plans for the weekly farmers’ market about two years ago but hit stony ground and failed to get lift off. However, Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay declared this…
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A MEETING between the Aydin Governor and the British Ambassador has confirmed the extent of how many British residents permanently live in Didim. In total, there are 1,394 British citizens who live permanently in Didim and Akbuk out of a total of 1,660 British residents living across the whole of Aydin county. In total, there…
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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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