DIDIM’S worst kept secret – its new Ataturk statue – has been unveiled with a bit of pomp and ceremony. A new 5.5 metres high and 2.5m wide statue, (8m high including the pedestal) was installed on the junction opposite the former Law Courts and the turn for Yenihisar on Atturk Boulevard. Sculptor was Eray Okkan.…
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AN OFFICE that processes foreign residence permits has been officially opened in Didim this week. It is located in the governor’s building, on the second floor. You will see the sign for Göç Idaresi. Staff are English-speaking. The office will handle all residence permit applications EXCEPT the long-term one, which still has to be processed in…
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IN the end – or the beginning whichever you look at it – a new page was turned in the life of Didim Chapel on a sunny Sunday morning as Christians quietly ushered in a small piece of history for the local community. The renovated and rebuilt chapel, sitting in its own grounds, out of…
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A 300-YEAR-OLD chapel, located near Didim’s Temple of Apollo, will be finally and officially re-opened for Christian worship on Sunday October 25 at 11am. Dialogue and intense talks behind the scenes between the Christian community and the Didim Mayor’s office came to a head in the last few weeks. It has resulted in the chapel…
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Andy Probert’s third and final instalment on the appeal aid drop at Torbali The words were coming thick and fast, but solutions were light on the ground. Recriminations, mixed in with blunt language, conversations on the sidelines, solutions probed, solutions smashed. And a conversation behind our backs – simply because it physically was – that…
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Andy Probert ‘s second part of the Didim Syrian Box appeal’s visit on Friday to the camp at Torbali I’m not easily intimidated but I felt unease slip through the eyes and souls of some of our team in those early moments as they emerged from their vehicles and looked at the crowds – those milling…
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Louise Kiliç Didim Syrian Box Appeal JUST 31 days ago, a few of us had a Facebook conversation about the Syrian refugee situation in Turkey and the increasing volume of vulnerable civilians arriving across the border daily. It was right around the time photos were emergıng: of fathers clinging to their children as safely arrived…
Read MoreSome useful at a glance numbers. Voices will be increasing the list in due course: International Codes UK: 00 44 Ireland: 00 353 Belgium: 00 32 Denmark: 00 45 Germany: 00 49 USA: 00 1 Emergency Fire: 110 Traffic Police: 154 Police: 155 Gendarme: 156 Ambulance: 112 Coast Guard: 158 Zabita: 153 Water Problems: 185…
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Exclusive FOR air stewardess Joanne Heatley, it should have been the happiest day of her life. But the bride’s beautiful smile hides the anguish of not having one of the most important persons in her life at her wedding last Sunday (Aug 23) on the sands of Altinkum Beach, on Turkey’s West Coast. In fact…
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IS it possible that there was a second temple close to the Apollo Temple at Didim? Possibly built in honour of Artemis, the twin of Apollo? Well, excavation works presently on may suggest the case. German archaeologists have unearthed the foundations of a giant structure, thought to have connections with the temple. The works have…
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