Fethiye – in the time of coronavirus
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE The COVID-19 story begins on 8 December 2019 when a resident in Wuhan City, China, was found to have symptoms of an unknown coronavirus. On January 7 2020, the disease was...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Tuesday 28 April 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE RECOVERIES SURPASS NEW CASES BY MORE THAN DOUBLE. Recoveries have now surpassed new COVID-19 cases in Turkey by more than double, according to daily figures announced by...
View ArticleMP and Fethiye Mayor to speak on geothermal drilling plans
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE MP Mürsel Alban and Fethiye’s mayor, Alım Karaca, are expected to make a statement tomorrow on controversial applications for geothermal drilling sites along the coastline...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Wednesday 29 April 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE The daily number of recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey surpassed the 5,000 mark Tuesday, although new infections also increased compared to the previous day,...
View ArticleMayor and Muğla region deputy pledge to fight geothermal exploration plans
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Both the Mayor of Fethiye Alım Karaca and Muğla’s Deputy Mürsel Alban have pledged themselves to the battle to block plans for geothermal drilling sites along the coast...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Thursday 30 April 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE The death rate of coronavirus patients continued to fall in Turkey on Wednesday, as the number of recoveries hit 5,231 with 89 new losses. Turkey on Wednesday confirmed 89...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Friday 01 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE In a statement on Thursday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed 93 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 3,174. The total number of...
View ArticleFethiye Flower Show- gardening competition
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE The coronavirus crisis is forcing people to stay at home and many people have taken advantage of the extra time to tackle some of those jobs they “never have time” to do....
View ArticleFethiye Times News – Week Ending 03 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Welcome to our pick of last week’s news from Fethiye and around Turkey. NEWS Mayor and Muğla region deputy pledge to fight geothermal exploration plans Both the Mayor of...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Monday 04 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Turkey’s COVID-19 recoveries exceed current number of patients Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Saturday that Turkey’s daily COVID-19 death toll has dropped to...
View ArticlePresident Erdoğan reveals coronavirus normalization plan
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Collated from news sources and the Directorate of Communications Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures as of May 11, President Tayyip Erdoğan said,...
View ArticleHow does your garden grow? Lee’s gardening advice – May the flowers be with you
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Welcome to Lee’s gardening advice for May written by local resident and keen gardener, Lee Stevenson (aka An English Gardener in Çalış). May is the time of year that most...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Tuesday 05 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to slow in Turkey The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 65 in the last 24 hours to 3,461, Health Ministry...
View ArticleMete Ay welcomes the normalization plan for the tourism sector
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE On April 19, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy launched an initiative to certify tourist attractions as ‘coronavirus-free’ that would come into force when the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Wednesday 06 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reaches 3,520 with 59 new fatalities Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared the COVID-19 daily numbers on Twitter on Tuesday noting that the...
View ArticleMinistry Letter Opposes Geothermal Exploration
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE A letter has been sent from Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and City Planning to the Muğla municipality indicating it does not consider the application for geothermal...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Thursday 07 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Turkey coronavirus recoveries top 78,000 amid drop in daily deaths A total of 78,202 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus in Turkey so far, the country’s health...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Friday 08 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Turkey’s daily COVID-19 death toll drops to 57 Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca confirmed the latest COVID-19 figures in his daily update on Twitter on Thursday. The...
View ArticleFethiye Times News – Week Ending 10 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Welcome to our pick of last week’s news from Fethiye and around Turkey. NEWS Babadağ cable car project reached test stage While the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting the world...
View ArticleCOVID-19 daily round up – Monday 11 May 2020
Fethiye Times - LOVE-FETHIYE Turkey reports 47 daily coronavirus deaths, 1,542 new cases “Let’s continue our struggle seriously, without loosening up. Our number of recovered patients will soon reach...
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