Real estate prices down but not out in Marmaris
Although there has been a significant decline in purchasing in the real estate market over the last two years, Marmaris estate offices do not think prices have dropped to the depths predicted.
Due to the global economic crisis, potential buyers were expecting huge reductions in property prices, as seen in Europe and the rest of the world. Although Turkey is feeling a knock on effect, most local agents say they have not been as badly hit as others.
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Art tourism to become a new asset of Marmaris
A new project in Marmaris has been undertaken to provide art lovers with an opportunity to meet local artists and experience the local culture.
The “Culture and Art Tourism” has been developed by the Kalimerhaba International Friendship Cooperation and Promotion Association and a number of travel agencies.
Theatre actress Selma Sonat said a week-long holiday package to the Muğla tourist resort of Marmaris has been prepared as part of the project.
“People who want an art and culture holiday, can stay at three-star hotels and participate in workshops with artists,” the actress explained. “We plan to have exhibitions each month of artworks produced in the workshops. We will also have ‘conversations’ on art related topics each night, and organize nature and culture tours to villages near Marmaris.”
The project aims to provide artists with a chance to get away from the stress and noise of cities, according to Selma Sonat.
“We believe artists who come to Marmaris on holiday can contribute to the community too,” she stated. “Well-known artists will volunteer to come to Marmaris, to take part in this important project and to purify themselves from city life.”
Muğla animal hospital seeks more humane solution for strays
The first animal treatment center in Muğla, opened eight years ago to offer veterinary services to both house pets and non-domesticated animals, has said that adopting stray animals instead of encouraging sales in pet shops could be a viable and compassionate way to deal with the stray animal population of the southern Aegean region.
In an interview last week with Today’s Zaman, Göksel Bayramlı, a veterinarian at MedikaPet, Muğla’s only animal treatment center, said measures against the uncontrolled sale of pets and an encouragement of adoption could alleviate the suffering of Turkey’s stray animals, which are sometimes allegedly subject to mass poisonings carried out by local authorities. “Municipal councils are the target of accusations of massacres of stray animals in Turkey. Unfortunately, we hear news like this every now and then. What we need to do to solve the problem is to encourage people to adopt dogs from shelters in the Marmaris and Muğla areas. Worse, some veterinarian clinics actually get involved with selling pets to make money,” he said. The hospital itself has adopted Dodo, brought in as a sick puppy by his former owner to be put to sleep. Dodo has a brain disease caused by the overproduction of a particular hormone.
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Famous photographer opens sailing exhibit
The famous photographer Coşkun Aydın has opened his fifth personal exhibition in the art gallery of the Marmaris Netsel Marina.
Aydın, 53, is especially known as a sailing photographer and his personal archive consists of 50,000 photos of regattas in Istanbul, Marmaris, Bodrum and Göcek. Aydın has photographed the Marmaris International Yacht Regatta for the last three years and opened his exhibition on the Oct. 26.
“The Blue Dream” photography exhibition was dedicated to Mesut Baran, who passed away short time ago. Baran was the editor of the first Turkish sailing magazine “Yelken Dünyası.” The exhibition that includes 60 sea and sailing themed photographs will be open until Nov. 1.