Cappadocia, the popular destination in the central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, broke a new visitor record. The region’s Nevşehir, Ürgüp and Hacıbektaş Archaeology and Ethnography Museums, Karanlık, El Nazar, Gülşehir, Derinkuyu, Kaymaklı, Özkonak, Tatlarin and Mazı underground cities, Göreme Open Air Museum, Zelve ancient site, Gülşehir Open Palace Ruins, Hacıbektaş Veli Museum and Hacıbektaş Atatürk House…
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New foreigners seeking to obtain a residence permit to stay in Tukey full time will not encounter a $125,000 obstacle. Starting from October 16, foreigners looking to obtain a residence permit must invest in real estate that has a minimum value of $200,000. Before this date, the threshold was just $75,000. This value will be…
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A COLCHESTER-based Army officer has been recognised for his “truly pioneering” work helping people affected by the earthquake in Turkey. Captain Richard Ainsworth-Masiello has been awarded Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARCC) by King Charles in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List. The award is in recognition of Richard’s role as a Mental…
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A surge in foreign arrivals has helped Türkiye generate an all-time high tourism revenue in the third quarter, official data showed this week, signaling that the country is all but sure to achieve its record year-end targets. The number of tourists arriving in September rose 5.7% year-over-year to 5.8 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry…
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The Board of Directors of the Didim Chamber of Commerce recently convened with members of the press to assess the tourism season and discuss various pertinent topics. Hilmi Erbaş, while acknowledging that the figures for 2023 fell slightly short of their initial expectations, pointed out that rising operational costs and regional conflicts influenced tourists’ choices.…
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In a compelling call to action, the Didim Association, a dedicated non-governmental organization known for championing environmental and ecological causes, is reaching out to the diverse foreign community residing in Didim. The association, comprising a dynamic group of professionals, including architects, environmental engineers, urban planners, and lawyers, has been actively addressing a myriad of urban…
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Şirince Village has been selected as the ‘World’s Best Tourism Village’ in the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ awards organized within the scope of the 25th General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Within the scope of the ‘Best Tourism Village’ initiative launched by UNWTO in 2021, destinations with a population of up to…
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A British thrill seeker taking part in a parachuting festival was killed when he lost control and crashed against a cliff face. Base jumper Dilip Marcus Sundhod had travelled with a group of friends to the International Air Games Festival in Turkey. The 47-year-old performed a free fall from a 1,300-ft cliff in the Butterfly Valley in…
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While there are 11,209 foreigners officially registered living in Aydin province, only 283 residence permits have been issued in the last five months, statistics revealed this week. Within the framework of Aydın Provincial Directorate of Migration Management’s data on foreigners under temporary protection and irregular and regular immigrants, foreign citizens from 118 different nations currently…
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Didim Turizm Derneği Başkanı Melih Koyuncu, 2023 yaz sezonunu değerlendirdi. Ekonomik istikrarsızlıklara, fiyat artışlarına ve maliyetlere rağmen Didim’in muhtemelen sezonu yüzde 70 civarında otel doluluk oranıyla kapatacağını belirtti. Didim’de turizm sezonu artık sona yaklaşırken, yerel basına yaptığı yazılı açıklamada Koyuncu, ekonomik istikrarsızlık, artan enflasyon ve maliyetler nedeniyle sezonun yönetilmesinin zor olduğunu söyledi. Koyuncu, şunları söyledi:…
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