USA Commander Visits Municipality President Esat Altungün.

The Department of the USA Navy ship called Montery paid visit to the Mayor of Kusadasi, Esat Altungün.  The ship docked in on the 19th of August here in the Port.  Officially known as the Montery (CG-61) with 3,200 USA soldiers inside the ship.  They received their logistic leave on the 22nd of August and leave Port today.  USA soldiers visited the Kusadasi Bazaar, Ephesus and the House of Virgin Mary.  Commander John Kilby thanked our Mayor for his extended hospitality and also Mustafa Esen.  Mayor of Kusadasi, Esat Altungün presented the Commander with gifts as a memory of his visit to Kusadasi.

“Leigh Listens” Our New Agony Aunt With A Twist…

Kusadasi Times has a new writer to join our team!

Leigh is no stranger to the Kusadasi Times News and we have worked with her before.  Not only do quite a few people know her in town but she is famous for giving advice and known for her caring demeanour.

Quiet often when people are feeling down she will not only cheer them up but have everyone in stitches too with her light hearted outlook on life.

If you have a problem or need some advice you can now email her here at the Kusadasi Times Paper.

We can’t promise it will be the advice you are maybe expecting but at least she will put a smile back on your face again…

Brace yourself!
You can ask Leigh a question in our forum here.

Starting from the front of Ayma Hotel to approximately the entrance of Ladies Beach itself.  To date about 3,500 cubic meters have been finished and more to come.  So far the Municipality has used 600 tons of asphalt and more on its way to provide a smoother journey for all of us and to be just that bit more ‘tyre freindly’ for a change. 

Generally the community are pretty chuffed with this improvement.

Together, Kusadasi 105FM and the local Belediye have proudly held a competition for young performers here.

The winners were a group known as KAOS who won with their song, “Böyle ayrılık olmaz.”  After many live performances from talented youngsters in ‘Ada’ the judges decided on KAOS who won with 775 above all the other contestants.
They were each presented with a microphone shape cup and a special gift each.
This is a competition that is to be planned on a yearly basis.

The Kusadasi Times extends their congratulations to KAOS and wishes them even more success in the future.

 
One of Turkey’s private radio station Kuşadası 105Fm (since 1992) and Kuşadası Municipalilty arranged this competition . 13 group of people join the competition. They all had live performance. Jury had vote and 775 point KOAS became first. Who be placed in this they they had special present and microphone shape mug given to them.

Beautiful walk ways with waterfalls, tea garden and green grasses with well tended after trees awaits you in the centre of Kusadasi.

At night this is not only tranquil but very beautiful with its ‘night lit’ water effects.  Just taking a walk around this area give you a peaceful feeling. 

The park has received a very positive feedback from all citizens and tourists have been snapping eagerly away with their cameras.  President Altungun stated he was aware that this part of Kusadasi had been neglected and that he was making a point of modernising pathways and expanding sidewalks in town too to make it a more beautiful town for tourists to visit.

It is definitely worth a visit and a picture or too…

Kusadasi is the first for blood donation throughout the whole of the Aegean side of Turkey.  For the whole month of Ramadan the Municipality is running a campaign to help others in need.  This is a cause that we all need to support as much as we can.  God forbid an accident can happen at any time and it keeps our loved ones safe in the knowledge that in an emergency a life could be saved.

The equivalent to our Red Cross in Europe is known here as the Red Crescent and they do alot of good work throughout all regions of Turkey.  The Director, Dr. Gökay Gök stated. “During the month of Ramadan, the municipality shall continue to support the blood donation campaign.”  He expressed his personal thanks to President Altungün.

All Turkish Citizens and Ex Pats or guests from Kusadasi may donate blood and the Kusadasi Times News hopes that some of our readers will support this honourable cause.

The heart of this town is the people…

Kusadasi StreetBall Basketball Tournament!

This torunament starts on the 28th of July 2011.

Contributions for this event have been made by the Belediye (Municipality) and the Kusadasi Rotary Club.

20 Basketball teams will be joining this tornament and it will be held at the Ismail Cem Baris and Dosluk Meydanı and will run for three days.

Different performances and shows have also been planned with this tournament.

The final will be on the 30th July 2011.

The target is to make this tournament a traditional event for the public.

Winning teams will receive several awards at the end of tournament.

This is a good event in town so make the time to go down and support them not to mention its a good excuse to see the performances and a different form of entertainment for this region.

How Beautiful Is Your Dog?  Posh Paws Galore!

The Kusadasi Municipality have surprised us ‘fluffy loving people’ with an organized Dog Beauty Competition! 

It’s the 1st of its kind…

It will be running from the 22nd to the 24th of July.

Final Prize Winner to be announced on the 24th of July 2011.

The competition starts at 5.00 p.m. every day.

 
 
  However there are categories in accordance with size of breeds:-

22nd July ( Small Breeds)
23rd July (Medium Breeds)
24th July (Large Breeds)
 
Registration (First Registration) will be in front of the Atatürk Statue.
 
Registration Rules
 
Attendees should be over 16 years old and above.

All dog owners will be expected to show proof of their inculcation’s book for registration.

Banned Breeds:

Japanese Taka
Pitball Terrier
Dogo Argentina

The municipality request calm breeds of dogs to be entered for competition.  (Play nicely boys and girls)

There will even be a surprise gift too!

Ice and Echo are already on the phone to all their friends but the only problem is that ‘Echo’ is struggling with what to wear!!!!!

Baby and Oscar however have already chosen their outfits without any trouble at all!

Kusadasi were privy to a proud moment yesterday when the best of the boy motorbike racers came back to their home town from the famous Istanbul Racing Park!

Officially known as the HKK Racing Team, Ilker Kireç and Hakan Kalaycıoğulları broke quite a few records in Turkey let alone at the race track.

Known for his specially chosen racing number, ‘52’, Ilker sped through to 2^nd place and maintained his position throughout the high speed racing.  He later proudly claimed a huge trophy in C Class with his beautiful bike of 600 CC for 2^nd place and can be seen lifting it up for all to see.

Hakan also shared his proud record breaking moment as he claimed 3^rd position in B Class with his 600 CC.

A staggering 54 bikers took part in the racing competition of huge proportions and only one was fast enough to claim first place in front of our home boy, Ilker.

Fast lifestyle, fast bikes and a fast road to first place which they are sure to achieve at the speed they are going at!

The Kusadasi Times News supports both Ilker and Hakan in their journey to first place and they are looking for a sponsor that would be interested in going right to the top of professional motorbike racing with them.  If you are interested then please contact us to put you in touch with them and they can both speak very clear and fluent English.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ONE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL MOTORBIKE SPONSORS THEN JOIN THEM NOW…

Ilker Bey is also the owner of Tecknoloji Adasi and the distributer of Casper here and therefore offers not only second to none computer service and expertise but he is also on the VIP campaign so to meet him is easy…