Didim/Aydin

Departing mum’s blistering attack on British expat gossips

VOICES EXCLUSIVE A BRITISH mother-of-four who was forced to leave Turkey this week over work permit issues has launched a scathing attack on British expats “whose gossiping caused her life hell”. Jill Robinson, who ran Altinkum Premier Cleaning and Maintenance, was issued with a 30-day deportation notice, fined 765TL, and the business fined 7,500TL after…

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Fund page launched for British mum facing deportation

FRIENDS have rallied to the support of a hard-working British mum-of-four who faces deportation on June 6 after falling foul of the work permit law. Jill Robinson, who has been responsible for Altinkum Premier Cleaning and Maintenance, was issued with a 30-day deportation notice, fined 765TL, and the business fined 7,500TL. She was hauled in…

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15m TL complex stunner for British families

A LAWYER has vowed to fight ‘step-by-step’ a new and potentially damaging development involving 57 British families who locked in a legal dispute over their Didim apartments. London-based Turkish lawyer Burcu Orhan-Holmgren was left ‘shocked and angered’ after it was revealed a new creditor had suddenly emerged and produced a 15 million Turkish Lira Senet…

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O’Kane finally gets jail term in Turkey, but……

EXCLUSIVE FRAUDSTERS who ripped off Irish investors in a £4 million holiday property scam in Turkey nearly TEN years ago – have finally been handed jail terms in Turkey. But there is a twist! Irishman Kevin O’Kane and his then partner-in-crime at the time, Kubilay Atmaca and his Hande Bakkal wife, were sentenced last week…

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Brits turn out for ‘Senet trio’

A GROUP of about 15 residents turned out today (THURS) at Didim Court to support three British friends who say have been caught up in a ‘living nightmare’. The three – identified as Carol Steel, and Carol and David Toothill – attended court in support of Carol Steel’s representation. They say they are ‘victims’ and all…

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Senet – the most ‘dangerous document’ in Turkey?

THE Senet, or promissory note, is essentially the most potentially damaging document in Turkey if not handled in the correct manner. Think of the Senet as an IOU or a post-dated cheque. Sign one of these without the necessary legal back up and you are simply gifting the receiver an amount of money without any strings…

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Customs House: Didim’s ‘ghost’ house?

WHILE many tourists continue to comment adversely on the centralised part of Altinkum, which has been fenced off for what seems decades, another well-known location point is beginning to gather dust. Didim’s Customs House was opened in a fanfare in 2006 and operated for five years with regular seasonal crossing between Didim and the Greek islands,…

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Kuşadası: Plane’s coastal sinking for dive tourism

An Airbus A300 will be sunk in the Aegean Sea off Kuşadası to serve as a reef and attract diving tourists in the resort town as part of a municipal project. The airplane, which was brought to the Güzelçamlı neighborhood of the town via five trucking rigs after being dismantled in Istanbul, will be sunk…

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Didim helpdesk fields over 4,000 visits

THE DIDIM Belediye helpdesk has received more than 4,000 visits and calls within its first six months. The helpdesk was set up in June 2015 to help foreign and Turkish citizens with council and other community-related issues, complaints and problems. The Didim Helpdesk and Call Centre, which is located to the left as you enter…

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Expat groups boost ‘sports for schools’

  NEW basketball, volleyball nets and badminton equipment for a Didim school have been bought through the actions of two local groups. The Didim Help in Hands’ Sports for Kids project which seeks to provide sports equipment for schools across the resort has been active in providing for the Gazi School, opposite the main PTT.…

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