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Festivals in Dikili
Dikili is
the town of the festivals and peace. With the Peace, Democracy and Labor
Fests organized traditionally every summer, Dikili gives its peace messages
to the world. Dikili is mentioned as the city of peace in Turkey by its
relations with the neighbor Greek island Midilli (Lesvos) on the other
coast. Dikili hosts countless intellectuals and artists and also guests its
neighbor Greek people every year especially in summer time festivals...
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Yağcıbedir
Carpets
The traditional art of weaving carpets still lives in the villages
of Dikili. The very famous Yağcıbedir Carpets are weaved in Koca
Oba, Mazili, Yenice, Samanlik and Caglan villages by the women and
girls of these districts.
Yağcıbedir carpets weaved on the handlooms by the manual labor of young
girls expressing their dreams, hopes and grieves through the colors
and patterns...
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The Monument of the memory of Olof Palme
The monument of the memory of the former Sweden president
Olof Palme, known for his contributions to peace all over
the world, has become the symbol of the peace in Dikili.
The monument is located at the Olof Palme Park on the Dikili
coast. The message on the monument stone symbolizes the
peaceful stand of Dikili against brutal forces...
"The freedom dream of the nations can not be destroyed by
brutal force. This dream continues to survive and surely
overcomes"
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Aegean Cuisine and Magical Tastes
Healthy tastes of the Aegean Cuisine with its very rich sea
products and the traditional kebab variations of the
Anatolian kitchen culture will give you a magical
experience...
The Grecians / The Makoron
Farmhouse
After the
sale of the Dikmeli Farmhouse to Aleko Pandozoplu from Chios in 1850, many
Grecians have come from the islands and settled to the residential areas
around Dikili such as Kabakum and Makoron. Eventually, Dikili have become
the center of trade and agriculture.
During
that era until the exchange of the populations, Turks and Grecians have
lived together within a cultural interaction. The traces of the era of the
front door talks and the the solidarity at the songs that have sang in half
Turkish-half Greek, they still live in the cross streets of Dikili, in the
old Greek houses and in the Makoron Farmhouse...
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Granite
Dikili has the biggest and high quality granite sources of
the world. Granite stones cover the streets of Dikili and
the eight unique works of the eight world-known sculptors
who have attended to the Dikili Granite Stone Sculpture
Symposium reflect the art and the beauty...
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