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RICH AND FAMOUS SET TO MOOR HUGE YACHTS AND USE HELI PORT ON SPECTACULAR NEW MARINA!PROPERTY PRICES AND PURCHASES ARE BOOMING IN THE AREA!

A TANTALISING view of the Aegean’s newest $50 million marina which is set to dominate the Didim coastline has been unveiled for the first time.

As the exciting plans for the 287,000 m2 marina were released, it was announced that three Government ministers will attend an offical ground-breaking ceremony at the site, between Third Beach and the Parlementerler Sitesi, this Thursday (Feb 22) at 11 am.The layout of Didim D-Marina, which is scheduled to be open in summer 2009, reveals for the first time the extent of a new ‘hub of life’ on the 70 acre site.
The marina will have a yatch club, heliport for the rich and famous to land helicopters direct on the site, a capacity for 623 berthed yatchs and 600 yatchs in dry dock, a yacht lift for 300 and 100 tonnes, and a swimming pool.

The marina will serve mainly yatchs of 75 - 150 metres long, such as mega-yatchs which are increasingly in popularity on the Aegean and east Mediterannean seaboard.
There will be also shopping centre, supermarkets, yacht equipment shops, a fitness centre and a sports facilities, banks, a petrol station, restaurants and a cultural centre.
The marina will also crucially have ferryboat management for cruises to the Greek islands of Kalimnos, Kos and Leros, as well a customs post, pot authority facilities, a passport control unit.
Didim D-Marina is being built on a build-operate-transfer for 25 years by Doğuş Group, one of Turkey’s leading construction companies.
Today (Thursday 22nd February ) a groundbreaking ceremony will be attended by Minister of Transport Binali Yıldrım, Minister of Culture and Tourism Atilla Koç, Secretary of State Kürşat Tüzmen, as well as Doğuş Holding Executive Ferit Şahenk and Vice Chairwoman Filiz Şahenk.

Property hunters seek out Didim

Beaches around the Didim peninsula have been highlighted as some of the best in Turkey, it was revealed today.

Members of the Turkey Environmental Education Foundation and Ministry of Tourism checked the blue flag beaches around Altinkum – and awarded them full marks.

Some of the best include Altınkum, Dolunay, Club Tarhan, Club Patio and Sahte Cennet beaches.

Because of the high marks scored by the 54 beaches, they are now being cited as being among the best and cleanest public beaches in Turkey.

According to the announcement made by Erol Güngör, Turkey Environmental Education Foundation’s General Director, the number of blue flag beaches in Turkey is 192 and the number of marinas is 14.

There has been a 1500 per cent increase in blue flag beaches and a 56 per cent rise in marinas being awarded blue flag status in Turkey over the past 12 years. Turkey holds the 7th place amongst the 26 countries in Europe and South Africa where the practice is carried out.

Blue Flag is an international environmental award given to the beaches and marinas that carry the necessary standards. It is a symbol of clean and well kept environments. They are also good guides for people looking to book holidays that the local beaches are safe. The awards can be taken away if the criteria is not fulfilled.

The Blue Flag Project is coordinated by the International Foundation for Environmental Education, FEE and the representative for Turkey is Environmental Education Foundation.