Etymology of Didim

Didim takes its name from ancient Didyma, sited close to the town. During the Ottoman Empire the town was known as Yoranda or Yoran and under the Turkish Republic was called Hisar (meaning castle) and following its destruction in an earthquake in 1955 was rebuilt and renamed Yenihisar (new castle). She was bounded to Soke district until 1991. She became the district as Yenihisar and was later given the ancient name Didim to distinguish it from other places in Turkey called Yenihisar in 1997.

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Car hire Didim

Airport transfer services

Bodrum Airport transfers to Didim

For more information about Didim we recommend the following sources:

Wikipedia, Didim DMOZ, Links over Didim