Local News

Youngsters raise cash for kittens’ vet costs

Two primary school friends – 12-year-old Ada Başer and İrem Bilik (7) – have sold various items from their homes to help the met the vet costs of four abandoned kittens they discovered. The Kusadasi-based youngsters, from the Ege District, found the stray kittens in the garden of Köseoğlu Sitesi about 3 weeks ago. They gave…

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Amusement park plans for Didim Maxeria Hotel

The 5-star Maxeria Blue Didyma Hotel, based in Akbuk, has celebrated its second year with various events. Two lucky families staying at the hotel were given a one-week holiday by lottery. The hotel, which is open throughout summer and winter and provides service with an all-inclusive concept, celebrated the second year of its opening.  As part…

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Carpenter family craft art for 60 years

In the hands of the Tabanlı Family, trees have been turning into works of art for 60 years. İsmail Tabanlı, the eldest of the family, left his carpentry profession, which he started as an apprentice as a child, as a legacy to his son Abdullah and his family. We listened to the family’s story in…

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Soap-making entrepreneur’s sweet smell of success

By Ruken Alışkan The term “witch”, which we encounter in many religious and mystical sources and often used in a bad sense, is seen when describing a “bad woman”. However, according to many sources, witches were people, mostly women, who prepared the right mixture with the herbs they took from nature and gave healing. Today’s…

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53 years of love that crosses borders

Yaşar Bilcenoğlu, (84), who lives in the Karacasu district of Aydın, and Rozalija Brkiç, aka Fatma Bilcenoğlu, his life partner of 53 years, (86), became the two protagonists of a love story that transcends borders. Born in Yugoslavia in 1936, Rozalija Brkiç’s life changed completely when she met Yaşar in Germany, where she went as…

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Sewerage connection from Akbuk to Didim unveiled

A SECOND phase of the long-running Akbuk sewerage works will be held on August 11, Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay told residents this week. At the public meeting held in Akbük Neighborhood by Didim Municipality, the problems of the citizens were listened to and solutions offered.  Mayor Atabay gave the good news that a tender will be…

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Campaigns launched to help Aydin children

Two separate aid campaigns were launched for the fitting of a prosthetic arm for Umut Soner Kara, who lost an arm in a traffic accident 6 months ago in Aydın, and for the treatment costs of Irmak Ateş, a SMA patient.  Irmak and Soner came together and asked for the support of benefactors. In the…

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Women’s football school kicks off

TUNA Atabay, wife of Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay, visited Didim Belediyespor Women’s football school team as they launched their new training sessions. The sessions were undertaken by coach H. Hüseyin Sarıtaş and football branch manager Erdal Ermurat. Mrs Atabay wished success to the students for the new season. She said: “I am very happy to…

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What are Aydın’s Postal Codes?

A postal code is a series of letters or digits required when sending a letter to an address. The zip code may be required in many areas.  The zip code is used when sending cargo, writing addresses on the Internet, sending letters, etc. It is one of the required codes. Each province and district in our country has…

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Nagina’s gift to help local children

A DONATION has been made to local charity Help-in-Hands to better young lives in the village of Akköy, near Didim. Michael and Sue Symmonds approached Voices Newspaper, asking on behalf of their friend Nagina Mahmood, who wanted to donate to a charity that helps children. Voices recommended Help in Hands for this request and brought…

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