Our association has been founded in the year
1991 by local people and newcomers from the big cities, who lost
their heart to Akyaka. The objections of the association are to
conserve the architectural design of the region, to give necessary
support, to do environmental work, develop cultural activities and
work with education. Meanwhile the association works with these
policies since more than 15 years without being influenced by any
political ideology and refusing to yield to political pressure,
being exerted from time to time.
After receiving the status of a municipality, a
vigorous development began, meanwhile transforming the village to a
tourist town. Growing population and increasing building activities
caused degradation of nature. The following brief overview will show
the kind of activities the association undertakes to keep
destruction of nature at bay:
- Prevention of the extraction of 3 cube meter
water per second out of the Kadın Azmak, to cover the (non potable)
water demand of Marmaris (reasoning that a pump station in the plain
would disturb the ecological balance, decreasing the water level of
the river);
- Prevention of the development of the road,
planned on the riverside;
- Efforts to keep the architectural parameters
of the Nail Cakirhan style for new buildings, thus enhancing the
characteristics of the local architecture;
- Organisation of the “Akyaka Fishotter
Seminar” in the summer of 1999;
- Developing a Vision for the Association;
- Participating in
international Bird Census Projects (Balkan Project) and in Bird
Atlas work, with the objective of assessing reproduction habits and
population numbers of birds in our country;
- What should be done for a contemporary
Mosquito warfare? Reports and brochures concerning this subject have
been handed over to local administrations and information meetings
have been held for the general public;
- Organisation of the ‘Vision Akyaka’ Workshop
between the 4.-5. November 2004
- How should sustainable tourism and
development be designed? A meeting concerning this subject has been
held with the related state departments.
- Organisation of an evaluation of the ideals
and realities of the ‘Vision Akyaka’ on the 27th September 2005;
- We are holding up the tradition of our annual
exhibitions between May and October. The exhibitions are an
important contribution to the cultural and artistic life in Akyaka.
and the opening parties developed to a pleasant possibility to say
Hello to each other;
- The conversation meetings, having taken place
in biweekly during the winter, are a continuation of these summer
activities, here we discuss regional problems;
- Our association has the scientific and
institutional capacity to fulfil consultant function especially on
subjects like wetlands and ornithology.
Our association, also comprising work groups
for ecological agriculture, gender issues and stray animals, is
funded from the donations and member fees of its ca 200 members. To
learn more about our association and its activities just click
www.akyaka.org or visit us in our office.
The association exclusively finances itself from
membership fees and donations. The number of
members amounts to
approx. 190 including honourable members.
CHAIRPERSONS SINCE 1991
Adnan Pekman 1991
Aydın Turunç 1991-1994
Yaşar Gedikoğlu 1994
Levent Gölcüklü 1994
Yaşar Gedikoğlu 1994
Bahar Suseven (Heike
Thol-Schmitz) 1995 -
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