The European Union (EU) Delegation to Turkey conducted awareness-raising activities in the Muğla region on November 20-21 as part of the global initiatives, the EU Beach Cleanup Campaign and Tree Planting Campaign. These initiatives are jointly implemented worldwide under the framework of ‘Green Diplomacy Week’. The events, attended by the Head of the European Union…
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The latest edition of the Bodrum Cup has embarked on its journey from Thessaloniki, heading towards Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace, sailing on two new routes added this year in honour of the centennial of the Turkish Republic. Commencing with a visit to the birthplace of modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Thessaloniki, the Maximiles Black Bodrum Cup is set to continue with a…
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The Slow Food movement continues to thrive in Türkiye with now five ‘Earth’ markets held across the country including this month’s edition in Muğla, held on Aug. 26, which will also be a ‘Wedding Dishes Festival’ Slow Food is an international movement focused on food and agriculture. It emphasizes the importance of consuming locally produced, traditional,…
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More than 100 camera traps have been laid in Dilek Peninsula National Park close to Didim in an attempt to spot the rare Anatolian Leopard. While efforts are underway by the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) to track down the Anatolian leopard, which is about to become extinct in Turkey, it…
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An innovative tourism project, the Mars Colony Hotel Project, is set to be introduced to an unsuspecting world later this year. The vision is part of Kuşadası Mayor Ömer Günel’s aim to attract a diverse range of tourists to the Aegean resort, particularly young generations. Helping to raise a competitive and inspiring generation within the…
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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 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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Çiğdem Sarı Fraser, a 56-year-old travel agency owner and tourism operator living in Bodrum, settled on the land in Dörttepe Village, which she bought 20 years ago with her British architect husband, 72-year-old Cliff Fraser. It was then they started producing elixir olive oil. Fraser, who has been producing olive oil for two years, recently…
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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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EDA Topçuoğlu, a teacher living in İzmir, decided to become a foster mum and says her life is now complete. Topçuoğlu, 36, who lives in Karşıyaka and works as a pre-school teacher in a special education centre, decided to adopt a boy four years ago through a friend. Topçuoğlu, who took care of children within…
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