Didim expat Maximilian Sam, has won several awards at the Feed My Reads Awards 2022. The Awards are voted on by the public with over 2,000 votes being placed during the voting window. Maximilian Sam won the Awards for his book “It’s A Stray Dog’s Life”. The children’s book focuses on the lives of three…
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Meetings have been held in Didim, Kusadasi and Bodrum over the last week as travel agents and authorities came together to assess the 2022 holiday season and look to a new one. Turkish Travel Agencies Association (TÜRSAB) Chairman of the Board Firuz Bağlıkaya evaluated the 2022 tourism season in the program where he met with…
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The Didim Association, established under the leadership of city planners and architects to protect nature and control urban construction, have launched a court action over suspected digging works.. The green area in front of the residences in Saplı Island in Akbük Neighborhood was opened to hotel construction in alleged violation of the law. When the…
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Didim’s plogging group is back after the summer break and have revealed their first October meets at a monthly meeting For this month plogging will be Thursday mornings. We meet at 10.30 at Burgerking for plogging at 11.00. Here is the programme (2022): October 13: Sedef Koy October 20: Saplı Ada, Fevzipaşa (opp Maxeria Hotel)…
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One of Turkey’s first Walking Football communities continues to be a big hit in Didim, with nearly 120 players having joined since it was launched 25 weeks ago. The Didim Walking Football Club (DWFC) has quickly grown from a 5-a-side gathering to dozens participating at its weekly Monday morning games. It includes people who have…
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THE 290 million TL second phase of the long-running Akbük sewerage works are set to get underway soon and be completed by summer 2024, local authority officials have revealed. A tender has been held and confirmed for the sewerage works to connect the infrastructure created in the first phase to the Didim pipeline network. Speaking…
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The digital map, prepared by Kuşadası Municipality to enable citizens living in the city, resident foreigners and visiting tourists to easily reach their destinations, was introduced to the members of Kuşadası City Council Executive Board and Foreigners’ Assembly. Kuşadası Municipality made a presentation to the members of the Kuşadası City Council Executive Committee and Foreigners’ Assembly…
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In Didim, a symbolic olive harvest event was held on monumental olive trees in cooperation with the district governorship, municipality and chamber of agriculture. The event was hosted as part of a cooperation between Didim District Governorate, Didim Municipality and Didim Chamber of Agriculture. The first event was held at the monumental olive tree on…
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Aydin’s President of the Ecosystem Conservation and Nature Lovers Association (EKODOSD), Bahattin Sürücü, has called for the “Immortal Flower of Aydın” to be taken under protection or it faces extinction. The flower grows only in Kuşadası and there are understood to be only 11 remaining in the world. EKODOSD drew attention to the Aydın Immortal…
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Didim has witnessed a major boom in foreign tourists in the first eight months of 2022, with a rise of 25%, official figures state. The resort is said to have hosted about 450,000 tourists from Britain, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Netherlands and Balkan countries so far this year. The 25% hike in numbers could be…
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