Didim is located on the north shore of the gulf of Güllük opposite the Bodrum peninsula villages such as Torba, Türkbükü and Yalkavak. The district consists of Didim itself, a coastal town of 26,000 people and a number of small towns includingThis coast has become a very popular holiday resort and is genuinely attractive with its long sandy beaches, clearblue sea, ancient ruins to visit, and its own microclimate, benefitting from hundreds of days of sun a year and warmwinters, allowing residents to enjoy the famous beaches and watersports even in January. Perhaps the most attractivebays are the smaller quieter ones further from the centre, such as Haydar, along a dirt road around the shore of Akbük(white bay).

As Didim is so well-situated in the 1980s people from large cities around Turkey, especially Ankara, began to buy holiday homes, apartments, and villas in the area. Most of these were built as cooperative housing projects with private beaches. Property values are now rising dramatically and the building boom continues as foreign buyers, especially the families of Turks living and working in Europe, follow their lead. The growth of Didim in the 1980s was enhanced with the building of hotels to accommodate visitors, originally from Britain but now from Turkey itself, on cheap package holidays. Since about 2001British people have begun to buy holiday homes in Didim, establishing themselves as a visible community of many thousands, to the extent that utility bills in the district are now printed in English as well as Turkish. You will see the Union Jack and other British flags all around Didim, especially in the bars.Property prices for apartments start from as little as 18,000 GBP