Tornadoes, Tapus, and the Sub Continent
by Alex Smith There has been a silence of late with, as far as I can remember, no news coming from this place for three or maybe even four months. Here then is an attempt to remedy that. By the way thanks to all the people whose kind words have prompted me to write this…
KAS 4 KIDS – BUSY BEES -UPDATE
by Barbara Smith Whilst the newsletter has had a winter break KAS4KIDS has continued with its activities to help local children. It has recently been Children’s Day and as usual the sun was shining and the local children were all in town marching, dancing and singing. It is always a wonderful day and this was…
From Bremen to Kaş – for belly dancing and yoga
Rita Schumann has kindly submitted this article on a group of interesting women who have been coming to KaÅŸ for a long time to practise some unusual pursuits! It is time again, every midday Gabi and her friends dance in colourful dresses on the roof terrace of the Hotel Likya to Turkish and Greek music….
Autumn, Holidays & Arykanda
Alex Smith’s November contribution… Now the end of October looms and with it comes clock shifting that always happens at this time of year. I haven’t checked but I think that it must be this weekend so we can look forward to shorter days very soon. Here that means beginning to think about storing up…
Running A Barn Dance
Norman Stafford had the idea or running A Barn Dance to raise money. Here he writes about his experience of actually running it. Over a year ago some ladies involved with the local children’s charity, Kas4kids/Busy Bees, suggested that I should come to KaÅŸ to run a Barn Dance as a money raising event. To…
Kas4Kids – Getting Under the Surface
by Barbara Smith Once the frenzy of sun, sea, bars and booze begins to pale and after the excitement of moving to such a lovely place abates a little, questions of how things work around here begin to tickle the brain. “There’s a family living on the tip” is something that I had heard several…
A Night at the Opera
(EDITOR’S Note: A bad link in the November newsletter means that people looking for Norman’s article about the Barn Dance end up here. Sorry. Click here for Norman’s “Running a Barn Dance” article) By Coleridge H. J. Marchment Take a walk any Friday in the local market and wonder at the splendor of the fresh…
Swan Lake, Hot Walking & Cool Poker
It’s getting towards the end of September now and its dusk just before seven o’clock in the evening. The crowds of July and August have dissipated and there’s a really nice feel to KaÅŸ at the moment: temperatures are near perfect, gone is the need for the fan cooling you down even at midnight, the…
Ercan Tutal: A Career In Social Innovation
The story of Ercan Tutal is that of a dive instructor fluent in English and Italian (as well as his native Turkish) who decided that there was more to life than the dolce vita and has dedicated his career to opening doors and expanding horizons for the physically disabled and socially disadvantaged. Ercan became a…
Shared Calendar
We’ve just launched a new service for the local community. It’s a shared calendar where you can see up-and-coming events for KaÅŸ and around. We’ve asked someone from each of the local charities and organisations to be editors and they are able to add events. Anyone else who wants to add an event e-mail me…
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