THE MANDATORY health cover element for foreign residents living in Turkey for more than a year could be reversed, the head of the country’s SGK has said. Ilhan Gokalp, the head of the Sosyal Guvenlik Kurumu (SGK), is reported to have suggested the compulsory health cover option for those living for more than a year…
Read MorePLANS for an open prison – with an exclusive sea view of the Aegean – on the outskirts of Didim have resurfaced – more than a year after they were apparently dropped. The local council is attempting to find out further information on interior ministry plans to use several thousands acres of government owned land…
Read MoreDIDIM’S worst kept secret – its new Ataturk statue – has been unveiled with a bit of pomp and ceremony. A new 5.5 metres high and 2.5m wide statue, (8m high including the pedestal) was installed on the junction opposite the former Law Courts and the turn for Yenihisar on Atturk Boulevard. Sculptor was Eray Okkan.…
Read MoreRefugees detained by Coast Guard The flood of refugees into the Didim region as they set off on their final journey to Greece and into Europe fails to cease. This week, the Coast Guard and local authorities detained 208 Syrian refugees as they travelled in a 22-metre long wooden boat from Taşburun. They were rescued as…
Read MoreDIDIM police are investigating the murder of a mother-of-four after an alleged meeting with her former partner resulted in her being stabbed to death. Reports suggest that the former wife of the main suspect was the mother of four children from their relationship. This relationship had ended and the man had gone on to father…
Read MorePOLICE have revealed that a Glock, two Uzis, gun cartridges and a Barretta have been recovered in three separate incidents over January 4-5. Glock and Uzis recovered The Glock and two Uzi submachine guns were recovered hidden in a stove bucket at a house in Tasburun, close to Mavisehir, at 6.30pm on Tuesday January 5.…
Read MoreAN EXPAT has gone ‘fruit’n’nut’ after a PTT ‘choc-block’ on a special festive package for her four children. Jill Robinson, from Didim, was left stunned when Aydin Post Office declared that she wouldn’t be able to pick up her 20 kilogramme package containing at least 16 kilos of chocolate for Christmas. A Customs manager ruled…
Read MoreALTINKUM is to undergo a fresh round of demolitions as a second phase of ‘beautification’ gets underway this winter between Medusa Disco and Tuntas Hotel (also referred to as Second Beach). Didim mayor Deniz Atabay revealed on a visit to side streets opposite Dolphin Square that a fresh round of demolition – from buildings to…
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ENTRY prices to some of Turkey’s popular historic attractions are to increase in the New Year – with some rising as high as 400 percent. Despite experiencing a decline in the number of visitors heading through the entrance to some of the best historic sites on the globe, the Culture and Tourism Ministry will ring…
Read MoreTHE bottom end of Altinkum’s Ataturk Boulevard has been closed to traffic as flood alleviation work moves up a notch. Massive pipework is being lowered at the bottom of the Boulevard, while diggers are currently ploughing up the sidewalk on the Hotel Horizon side of the Boulevard going up and beyond Sevil’s Dentist Centre which…
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