A NEW Energy Identity Certificate for every property in Turkey is set to come into force from January 1, 2020. Warnings have been issued by the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Association (VERİMDER) that without this certificate potentially there may well be no purchase, sale or rent of property. The depth, breadth and length of the…
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GOOD Party Aydin Deputy Aydin Adnan Sezgin has raised with Turkey’s Parliament the need to fix the tourism shortfalls being experienced across the province. Sezgin raised a number of issues from the need for high speed rail connections and better investments in road and airport infrastructures. He said: “The Aydın tourism sector, which is my…
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A comprehensive exhibition featuring the works of Renaissance painter Leonardo Da Vinci will open this summer at Kuşadası’s Öküz Mehmet Pasha Caravanserai. Artworks including mechanics devices, original handwritten manuscripts and paintings, and drawings based on Da Vinci’s original sketches were first displayed in the exhibition entitled “Leonardo da Vinci Expo: A Genius in Istanbul.” The show…
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FOREIGNERS visiting Turkey surged 24% on a yearly basis in April, the Culture and Tourism Ministry revealed today (Friday). Nearly 3.3 million foreign visitors entered the country last month, ministry data showed, Yeni Safak newspaper reported. Istanbul was the top tourist draw in the country, attracting 40% of all visitors — more than 1.3 million.…
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STUDENTS from Adnan Menderes University (ADÜ) Didim Vocational School joined ploggers to clean the coastline at Akbük Fevzipaşa coast to draw attention to environmental cleanliness. ADÜ Didim Vocational School Deputy Director of the event Aytekin Kalkan, Lecturer Prof. Dr. Eren Gönül, Lecturer Hasan Kamacı, joined the students and ploggers to throw more awareness on the need to…
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Turkey is opening up a new ferry link with Greece for the summer. After years of negotiations between the governments in Ankara and Athens, a new daily ferry route connecting mainland Greece with Turkey will start in June. According to the new edition of the European Rail Timetable, Aegean Seaways will operate the international ferry from…
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THE official dates of the Didim Triathlon have been announced. The third triathlon competition, which will attract athletes from across the country and beyond, will take place between June 21-23. The event was confirmed at a meeting between Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay and Turkey Triathlon Federation Vice President Serkan Şimşek and External Relations Officer Onur…
Read MoreTHREE bedroom, first floor apartment in Didim, near Saturday market and bus garage. The rent is £150 a month PLUS bills. The apartment is nice, big, fully furnished, with ensuite bathroom, two balconies, balcony chairs and table, air cons, satellite TV, fridge/ freezer, cooker, washing machine, microwave, kitchen utensils etc. The complex has pools, security,…
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HELP in Hands volunteers group has helped to provide new equipment for the playground at the Didim Arif Nihat Primary School. The opening ceremony was attended by the Didim Governor Mehmet Türköz who praised the contributions of the charity’s volunteers to the project which was overseen by Didim City Council. Before the opening, the school…
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Glenn Maffia THE opening of Didim’s Cultural House was well attended on a bright and sunny Thursday (March 14). Presiding over the ceremonial duties was Mayor Deniz Atabay, his punctuality merely half an hour later than the scheduled 12:30 start. The speeches which followed were beyond my limited vocabulary of Turkish, though they appeared to…
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