G.A.S.-Der submitted their River Footpath Proposals to the Akyaka Municipality               

 The Akyaka Municipality carried the sensitive subject of planning a footpath along the river on to the town's civil platforms with their request for active participation in actual designing the path (document number 1672 from the 25^th November 2009). Since our association was very busily working on other issues a prolongation was granted to us and we could finally submit our proposals on the agreed date, the 15^th January 2010.  See what we have done:

Euromed Heritage IV  / We are the Turkish Coordinators of  the REMEE Project" Rediscover together the Heritage of Water"

 G.A.S.-Der is coordinating the Turkish part of a major Euromed Heritage IV Project, REMEE, which aims at the "Protection of Water Heritage". REMEE is implemented in French and English and you can learn more on our website.  A flyer in English and Turkish and several newsletters in English and French are also ready to download from there. A communal website can provide you with the general aspects of this important project, we are also mentioned on the official Euromed Heritage webpage. All official and communal websites are in English and French.
We have furthermore started a documentation and archive website about water heritage which is a real "source" of knowledge: www.mehmetbildirici.com.

"Gökova SPA Integrated Caostal and Marine Management Planning Project" SAD and G.A.S.-Der Project Partnership

 We became partners of the Underwater Research Society (SAD) for the implementation of their "Gökova SPA Integrated Coastal and Marine Management Planning Project". As the mutually signed paper of agreement states, the partnership between our NGOs includes various cooperations;  we as local NGO play a role in local logistic (preparation of meetings, announcements, office and equipment support etc), in the facilitation of communication, documentation and archive work. Our chairwoman Bahar Suseven also participates as consultant and expert and facilitates some of the stakeholder meetings. 
Learn more about the project and activities on the SAD website.

The association of the "Friends of Akyaka" has organized a summerschool with international participants in the village of Sirince. The French sponsor for the Turkish side was the Region PACA, (Region Provence-Alpes-Cotes d’Azur), CME/ GEC and PACA required that the contents for this kind of campus should have to do with 'Eco Tourism'.
Learn more about the details and the outcomes via our bilingual handbook "Roadmap to Eco Tourism in the Village of Şirince", which is ready for download! For a hardcopy please contact the G.A.S.-Der office.

Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java(tm). The exhibition programme for 2009 has coming to a end (download here). This last time we introduced you to the phosphorizing paintings of Filiz Şimşekçi .
We hope our choice has found your interest again and hope to meet you again next year. Learn more about the details of the events ...

Our Stray Animal Workgroup is busily working on their animal adoption program. We urgently need short term foster parents and flight aides for adopted animals on their journey to their new homes.
For our animal transfers to Europe we urgently and constantly need volunteers: FOSTER PARENTS and FLIGHT AIDES!

Dear all, there is a video from a Turkish website supporting stray animals......they have recently organized a photo contest with the motto 'streets are beautiful with animals' just click and watch it!

Everybody knows that we are researching and assessing the number of White Stork and active nests in the village of  Akçapınar since 1986. During these first years due to the village being quiet, without excessive building, wrong development and not under the influence of some people’s  ill fated inclinations the number of Storks has been around 70 individuals, decreasing to a mere 15 over the last years.  Read more...

Finally, after more than a year, there will be a bridge again over the river in Akyaka. In the end of 2006, the old picturesce wooden bridge was taken down for security reasons. Before new years eve 2007 a new brigde was installed. - it lasted for some 20 minutes :-(( (see pics), now a new and hopefully more successful effort was made and this time it should be better, have a look..

The second evaluation of the "Vision Akyaka" process has successfully taken place. After the first evalution in October 2005 this one took place on December 8^th. Aim of the meeting was to discuss the process that had been started and initiated by our association in 2004 and where NGO's, business people and the local...  more

Ecolocical farming starts now in Akyaka and Gökova. After  years of convincing efforts and meetings a group of about 40 farmers has decided to "do it". That means for us a recovery in nature amnd for our tourist guest, better and cleaner food. More about this

One of the most beautiful wetlands of the  Muğla Province, the Yuvarlakçay River is being destroyed!

Is the newly constructed Akköprü Dam on the Dalaman River not enough? Or has it been so badly planned, that now this beautiful river and its nature has to be eradicated, too???
The Yuvarlakçay River has been beautiful with its huge Plane Trees, its lively waters and its rocks. Along it people are living, striving. Just a s a reminder the Yuvarlakçay River is home to more than 100 bird species and the globally protected Fishotter! Read more...

The Activity Report 2006-2009 of  The Friends of Gökova Akyaka, G.A.S.-Der
Download as PDF

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Besides all the project work we newly introduced we are developing a project to promote organic farming and facilitate marketing processes in the Gökova Basin.
Among all these activities we sometimes simply do not find the time to keep the web updated and to translate all relevant documents. We need your help and assistance especially for translations especially form English into Turkish. If you are interested please contact the association's office. You will be more than welcome!

The www.akyaka.org forum     
forum tries to unite everybody who lives, visits or just likes Akyaka and it's surroundings.  Any comments are welcome and discussed.
So please, click here and write down!

Nail Çakırhan has passed away at the age of 98. This is an unreplaceable loss. Read an obituary by T. Ünüsan

About the
chairperson of the Association of the Friends of Akyaka
Bahar Suseven

The UNDP/GEF
Small Grants
 Pogramme(SGP)
Project

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In context to our Bio-Gökova Project we invited 18 farmers to visit an ecological farm near Kusadasi. We hope, that our farmers have been inspired to start eco-farming as well in Gökova. Click for more 

Women power in Akyaka!
Now our association has a womens group, too. The new formation will have regular discussions and make trips in the nearer region to meet other groups

It took a time to translate, but finally it has been done:
The General Report of Activities for the Period 2004-2006