How a Picture-Perfect Mediterranean Village Was Saved From Concrete — by a Poet with a Plan | News Channel 3-12

How a picture-perfect Mediterranean village was saved from concrete — by a poet with a plan

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — The village of Akyaka is one of those places you hope no one else finds out about. Tucked between pine-covered mountains and the cool, crystal waters of the Azmak River, it’s a picture of serenity. Whitewashed houses with wooden frames and sweeping eaves feel like part of the landscape. In spring, the air smells of eucalyptus and orange blossoms. It’s a picture-perfect destination. But it almost wasn’t. In the 197…

How a picture-perfect Mediterranean village was saved from concrete — by a poet with a plan | News Channel 3-12

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — The village of Akyaka is one of those places you hope no one else finds out about. Tucked between pine-covered mountains and the cool, crystal waters of the Azmak River, it’s a picture of serenity. Whitewashed houses with wooden frames and sweeping eaves feel like part of the landscape. In spring, the air smells of eucalyptus and orange blossoms. It’s a picture-perfect destination. But it almost wasn’t. In the 197…

How a picture-perfect Mediterranean village was saved from concrete — by a poet with a plan

By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — The village of Akyaka is one of those places you hope no one else finds out about. Tucked between pine-covered mountains and the cool, crystal waters of the Azmak River, it’s a picture of serenity. Whitewashed houses with wooden frames and sweeping eaves feel like part of the landscape. In spring, the air smells of eucalyptus and orange blossoms. It’s a picture-perfect destination. But it almost wasn’t. In the 197…