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GOLF PROJECT
'EDGES CLOSER'
Voices Newspaper spoke exclusively to Mr Turgay
Kınacı, a representative of a Turkish-based company,
Atlas, which has officially signed up to a 49-year
lease to operate a golf course on land designated by
the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The plans are centred on an area of land at Mercimek,
which borders the Zonguldakllar estate and close to
the Sultan Kent and Konya Kültür housing estates on
the Akbük road.
The area covers 173 acres of land on which there
will be allocated a clubhouse, an 18-hole golf
course and a holiday village with a capacity of 420
beds.
Mr Kinaci, a map engineer based in Milas, confirmed
the project would cost $40 million (approximately
£20 million) – with the golf course costing close to
$10 million.
He said: “I can confirm to Voices Newspaper that
Atlas has signed a 49-year lease to operate a golf
course and hotel project on the land at Mercimek.
“The project has been put to public consultation and
there are no objections.”
He added: “As far as we are concerned, once all the
legalities are complete, Atlas will build the first
golf course in Didim. It will be a major boost to
tourism to the whole area.”
Atlas is a company predominantly in the steel and
shipbuilding industries in Turkey. This project is
believed to be their first foray into the golf
tourism business.
Mr Kinaci said: “We are moving ever closer to
reality. We are being extremely cautious as we want
to get everything right and ensure that the news we
give is accurate, clear and concrete to the public.
“We would not want to raise people’s hopes
unnecessarily, but things are beginning to happen.”
He declined to give any time schedule on developing
the course or when Atlas hoped to open the golf
course and hotel facilities.
Seda Türk, Didim council’s planning department
manager, and Meltem Öz, Didim Council’s city
planner, confirmed Atlas’ interest was more than
just a ‘passing one’. And they confirmed that it
would provide a big boost to the tourism of the
area.
On a separate note, Mayor Mümın Kamaci said
representatives of an unnamed Swedish company had
visited Didim council offices this week to look at
the potential of building a new golf course in the
area.
He said that the company had been given a number of
options and they had departed back to Sweden to
‘mull over’ the proposals.
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