PLANS to rezone Third Beach into a haven for hotels are being challenged in the law courts. Central government wants to re-allocate the bay for tourism, with five-star hotels. However, the Didim Association has launched a formal challenge in the Aydın Administrative Court aiming to get the plan struck off. The court has since appointed…
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A breakaway group of five cyclists headed out towards the Soke as part of the sixth leg of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey on the outskirts of Didim today. The sixth stage of the Tour Turkey, which was taking place between Bodrum and Selcuk, saw the group some five to six minutes ahead of…
Read MoreSTREET dogs to be rounded up, beaches to get extra litter bins, Altinkum front to be improved and a new unit created to combat illegal or rogue builders are among a host of issues that Didim Council is to tackle in the coming months. About 100 residents turned up to a meeting today (Wednesday April…
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DIDIM’S new mayor Deniz Atabay is to hold a public meeting for the foreign community living in the town. Voices Newspaper was instrumental in helping bring the meeting about. It will be held on Wednesday April 30, at 1pm, at the Meeting Room at Didim Council House. The mayor will outline his plans for the…
Read MoreMEMBERS of Help in Hands group staged a fancy dress walk around Didim as part of their efforts to raise 27,000TL for a training centre project for the disabled. As part of the Rehabilitation Centre plans in Didim, former Myaor Mumin Kamaci allocated 2,000sq m of land to create a park and sensory garden area…
Read MoreAPPLICATIONS for new residence permits are now being accepted BUT Didim polis are apparently advising people to go to Aydin. Voices has learned. When Voices queried this, an officer said there was no-one in the Didim Polis Foreigners’ department and were advising people to go Aydin’s Foreigners’ Department. Whether this is a short-term issue, we…
Read MoreSTUDENTS at a Didim school helped to host a lunch for expats from the community as part of an EU project. The students from the Zeynep Mehmet Donmez Tourism and Hotel Management Vocational High School hosted the event as part of the school’s EU projects at that have been running since 2010. Its first EU…
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ABOUT 50 children had a wonderful time as Pinocchio’s Restaurant staged an Easter day of activities. Thanks to the organisation of expat Andy Cowles, friends Mehmet Dogan, Cenap Demiralay, as well as Kathy Steadman and Miriam Wordsworth, the children were kept busy with a host of favourites including egg and spoon race, Easter egg hunt…
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DIDIM Darts Tournament saw 32 of the best darters in town go head to head, but it was one man left standing after two days of hard fought battles. Chris Bate was triumphant after edging out Tony Sapsford 4-3 to win the competition which was staged at Leon’s Bar, on the Marina Road. Chris had…
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EASTER Sunday saw hundreds of people turn out for the annual Easter activities on Altinkum beach front. Didim Help in Hands organised several activities for children and adults at Big Ben’s Restaurant – the scene that was traditionally used for Easter activities when they were run by Gordon and Ros Beveridge.
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