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Darts team arrow in on national champs

A TEAM of expats and Turks in Didim is gearing up for a crack at matches with rivals across the country as part of the Turkish national championships – and have extended an appeal for others to join.

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My little Idil: Gone is the calm

VOICES columnist Amy Idem, originally from Lancashire, lives with her husband and three children, in Idil, in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak. She writes about her cultural and life experiences here, and on her blog:  https://memyselfandidil.wordpress.com/ I sit on my father-in-law’s balcony at night time, I can see the whole of İdil in all its…

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The black hole of a dolmus

Voices columnist Glenn Maffia IT HAS been so very obvious that the parking restrictions in and around Main Beach has been a triumphal success in reducing the number of vehicles congregating there. Once again it is a feather in the cap of Deniz Atabay’s Belediye.

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Didim: News in Brief: August 10

Didim: News in Brief Mayor pledges park areas for town AT his weekly press briefing, Didim Mayor Deniz Atabay has pledged a number of new initiatives:

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Bafa’s secret delights

THE shepherd Endimo recited by Homer can be considered from Didim. The mythology has it Endimo lived on Mount Latmos (today Beşparmak) by Lake Bafa.

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Peace Festival fixed for Sept 1

DIDIM’S 20th Peace Festival will be held on Tuesday September 1, with its theme as Peace and Multiculturalism A working group on Didim Council met on Monday August 3 to work on the schedule of the festival and made preparations for Plans are being laid for the traditional peace run, walk as well as other cultural…

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