Didim/Aydin

Mystery case of charming British expat’s ‘detaining’

VOICES 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…

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Didim expat ‘among UK’s first 500 living organ donors’

A 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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Didim Chapel boosted by vestments donation

THE Didim Chapel congregation was delighted this week with the donation of several vestments from designer and Christian artist Yvonne Bell. Yvonne pledged the vestments as a gift to the St Mary’s parish of Didim’s, and Reverend Maurice Ryan thanked her for them. A green set has an altar fall with an Orthodox icon of…

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Brit family returns ‘home after 11-week hell’

EXCLUSIVE A BRITISH mum-of-four who left Turkey over work permit issues has arrived back in the country she calls ‘home’. Jill Robinson, speaking exclusively to Voices, said she and her four children – Sami 11 years, Dylan 8 years, two-year-old Ella and 1-year-old Deniz, were delighted to have been allowed into the country to be…

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Council continues upgrade of Camlik

DIDIM Council workers continue to upgrade the resort on a number of fronts. The works centring on Selçuk Özsoy Caddesi and Yunus Caddesi include blockpaving, landscaping, lighting, quiet areas, and parking. Mayor Deniz Atabay said: “Work continues at full speed and the residents in these areas have expressed satiusfaction that things are moving in the…

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Elif’s name to live on in Didim

DIDIM Council has agreed to name a local park after a young Didim student who was killed in a bombing last October. At the August meeting of the council last week, members agreed that a new park to run bordering streets 877-880, off Selanik Caddesi, Yeni Mahalle, will be named Elif Kanlıoğlu 10 October Peace…

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Vegan festival to be first in Turkey

DIDIM Council has signed up to host a Vegan Festival next year. As part of an agreement with the Turkey Vegan and Vegetarian Society, Didim has agreed to host the festival – in a first for Turkey – on April 7 and 8 next year. Didim Municipality is among one of the first to cooperate…

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My residence permit application in Turkey

Andy Probert THERE are dozens of expats who will now be on their final countdown when their traditional blue book residence permit runs out. My five-year residence permit ran out Friday June 11 – so naturally I began a week earlier to begin getting the necessary paperwork together. The below information is simply for an…

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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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