August 30 Victory Day in Turkey was celebrated with an official ceremony organized by the District Governor’s Office at Cumhuriyet City Square in Didim. The holiday commemorates the decisive victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar, the last battle in the Greco-Turkish War, on 30 August 1922. Following the battle, Greek military presence in Anatolia ended. Victory Day has been celebrated as an…
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Innovative new campaigns to bring Apollo Temple’s history into the mind’s eye of tourists are desperately needed, the President of the Didim Tourism Association has revealed to Voices. “The thing I hope to achieve most during my presidency is to make Didim known in terms of cultural tourism,” said Melih Koyuncu, the Tourism Association’s new…
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The ‘Cold Water’, a healing water source dating back 2,500 years in Akbük, continues to be the main haunt of holidaymakers and those living in the region. The old name Yavan Su, which was taken under protection by the arrangement made by the Didim Municipality and made regular for the comfortable use of the citizens,…
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Muğla province has received nearly 1.8 million foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2023, representing a 19% rise on 2022. Hosting millions of tourists every year, the province continues to host the majority of British tourists coming to Turkey. However, tourism professionals continue to work in alternative markets to get a larger share of the tourism cake.…
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The ‘Porcelain Doll Exhibition Area’ opened by the Municipality of Kuşadası in the city’s historical Caravanserai has aroused much interest from local and foreign visitors. The porcelain dolls, most of which are made in Germany and France, have drawn interest for their stylish clothes reflecting the fashion of the period in which they were produced,…
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By Glenn Maffia Let us begin by awarding some credit to Didim’s Deputy Mayor, Emine Öznur Gündoğdu, for attempting to field some extremely pertinent questions from my colleagues at ‘Voices’. The synopsis of the interview certainly raised issues which would be of relevance to a multitude of people. Whether those people were altogether satisfied with…
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Sales of publicly-held land across Didim has sparked a response from the Didim Association, which keeps an eye on such developments. The government’s Privatization Administration has put a total of 30,669 kilometres of land portfolio for sale in Turkey’s important tourism regions. The total number of land for sale in coastal areas exceeds the areas…
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By Zeynep Kulakçı, Dietician Lately, I’ve been preoccupied with the nutritional mistakes I’ve made as a dietitian. Even though I have a university education in the field of healthy nutrition, there are some foods I can’t resist and sometimes mistakes that I miss. While these mistakes don’t come back to me as annoying pounds, they’ve…
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As a full-time writer and the author of fourteen published books, I often find myself gathering material from some of the most unexpected places. Whether an idea comes together from a tragic accident, interaction between couples or humorous everyday situations, I’m quite often surprised at how quickly and colourfully my storylines develop. It’s become…
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