Turkey’s first sea-view golf course to open in September
LykiaLinksGolf, which is designed by the world famous architect Perry O. Dye for the Lykia Group in Antalya and is Turkey's first golf course with a sea view, will be opened in September. The group, which invested 60 million euros in the golf course and LykiaWorld Antalya Hotel that is still under construction, will open the hotel in June. The Lykia Group held on Monday a press conference, attended by the world famous architect Perry Dye, to introduce LykiaLinksGolf. Dye, who noted that he was a third-generation member of a family that designed nearly 300 golf courses around the world, said, “LykiaLinksGolf is a very important investment for Turkey because there is no such facility in the Mediterranean.
I expect that this golf course will be one of the best 100 golf courses in the world. I accepted Lykia Group's proposal without any hesitation because the project made me excited. Believe me that even my father did not design such a golf course.” He said the golf course would be opened in September, adding that they expected that 3,000-5,000 games would be played during the 2007 season. Lykia Group Executive Board Chairman Burhan Silahtaroğlu said, “We, as a group, have initiated many things. We brought a hot air balloon to Cappadocia and caused paragliding to spread in Fethiye. Now we plan to establish a big library. That's why we ask our customers to leave their books. We already have 1,500 books but our Turkish customers have so far left only four books.” Silahtaroğlu said there would be sections for everyone's pleasure in LykiaWorld Antalya Hotel, adding, “In line with the hotel's architectural structure, our guests will be able to spend their night in one of five or six places. It will be hard for people even to see each other in the 1,200-person capacity hotel.” He said the group's turnover was 24 million euros in 2006, and that with the new facilities, the group's bed capacity would reach 4,100. He said they would employ 800 more people with those investments. ISTANBUL - Referans
