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Welcome to our new
feature, here we will give you all the local Altinkum news and
any other Turkish news regarding property, development and any
other items that we think you will be interested in. Keep coming back
for regular updates.
Meteorite
in Didim
A Meteorite rocketed to earth and landed at the Green Park complex in
Yesilkent. It was seen by Abdullah Ozturk and is now in his possession.
After making the front pages of the national papers Abdullah has had
countless offers for the meteorite from around the world.
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Title
Deeds in a day
The government is planning to tighten up the delays in the issuing of
the Title Deeds (TAPU).This means that the process will take
just one day to complete, as it does now for the Turks. The new procedure
is due to start in February 2007, announced the Office of the Register
of Deeds. This will hopefully put an end to the delay in the issuing
of the Tapu's, which in some cases have taken more than 12 months to
complete.
The main cause of the delays has been the time taken by the Army to
check that the properties are not in any Military zones or restricted
areas. These areas will now be defined and put into a central computerised
data bank. Once that process is complete, sales of property can be carried
out without the approval of the military.
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The
Altinkum Marina
The end of October finally saw the start of the much talked about Marina.
The $50m project is being undertaken by the construction company Dogus
Holdings and is expected to take 30 months to complete. When complete
the Marina will hold 555 yachts on water and 300 in dry dock. It is
anticipated that the Marina will put Altinkum on the same level
as Bodrum, Kusadasi and Marmaris in the tourism stakes. Construction
is continuing on the main breakwater and the slip way for the yachts,
with 50 workers working around the clock , with 10 trucks, 4 scoops
and 2 bulldozers. Dynamiting, under the supervision of the Gendarme,
will continue to break up the rocks as the area needs to be levelled.
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New
Customs Post
Work began in December on the new customs post at Altinkum harbour
and improvements to the harbour. It is expected to be in operation for
April, in time for the new tourist season. There are plans to run ferry
services to 3 Greek islands, these are Kos, Samos and Patmos.
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image for more pictures
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Golf
course
FADESA, one of the biggest construction companies in Europe are
considering building a Golf course and a holiday village in Altinkum.
The company has under taken similar large scale projects before in Spain.
Hopefully this time the Golf course will be built, after many false
rumours in the past.
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TWO
MORE GOLF COURSES
It has been announced that two areas, Mercimek and Golludam, have been
designated for Golf courses. Mercimek is near Yesilkent and Mercimek
is just past the industrial estate on Akbuk road.
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FIVE
HOTELS FOR AKBUK
The ministry of Culture and Tourism have allocated land for 5 Hotels
in Akbuk, one with a capacity of 750 beds and a 250 bed holiday village.The
deadline for tenders was the 30th of January, with the top 3 offers
invited to an auction at the end of Febuary.
Update: Only
3 companies have put in bids, the results are to be announced soon.
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New
HSBC branch in Didim
HSBC is to open a new branch in Didim. It will be across from the Migros
supermarket.
People had to travel to Kusadasi for the nearest branch before now.
It is due to open on the 15th February.
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2nd Notary Office
A 2nd Notary office is due to open to deal with the increased volume
of business.
Only Law School graduates can hold the office of Notary.
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