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Purchase property in Turkey
Today I would like to go to my inbox and respond to a question about property purchase and company establishment. Here is the question: “Dear Sir, I am a British citizen and would appreciate some advice on what areas in Turkey foreigners can legally purchase property or land. Previously the understanding was that foreigners can [...]
Jobs for Brits in Bodrum Turkey
The Turkish Ministry of Education has enacted a real revolution after 75 years of ignorance and has decided to teach proper spoken English. This is from the May 15 issue of Today’s Zaman: “The Ministry of Education recently decided that it would import 40,000 native English-speaking teachers to work with teachers in English language classes [...]
Regarding residence permit applications
Residence permit-related matters are always popular and it is amazing that almost every question is based on an individual issue, pushing me to write about this topic frequently. I received the following email regarding residence permit applications based on marriage: “I moved over to Turkey in March 2011, initially on a tourist visa after being [...]
Bought half of an apartment
We have returned to the best time of the year, as this coming couple of weeks is erguvan season in Istanbul. I strongly recommend you take some time off after work or travel to enjoy the fantastic view of erguvan blossoms along the Bosporus. You can go sightseeing around ?stanbul to see the violet trees [...]
Charles Roger Hargreaves birthday
Charles Roger Hargreaves birthday has been celebrated by another amazing Google logo today(9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children’s books, notably the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers. The books’ simple and silly stories, with bright-coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have been part [...]
Miss Model of Turkey in Bodrum
One of the big events in Turkey is soon to be held in Bodrum, this will be the 23th time “Miss Model of Turkey” has taken place but will be the first time it has been hosted in Bodrum, and the competition will be hosted from 22th May till 29th May 2011 at Bodrum Resort [...]
Mothers day in Bodrum
Happy Mothers day to every amazing mother all over the World! You might already know, in Turkey the celebrating of mothers day goes almost the same way then back home, but because the weather is nice and summers is already here, you can have more options to celebrate the wonderful mothers day in Bodrum Gumbet [...]
New Monarch flights for summer 2011
Leading leisure airline Monarch is boosting its services from Bodrum to the UK with the launch of new scheduled flights this summer. Flights are available to book now via www.monarch.co.uk with fares starting from only €84 one way including all taxes and charges. The new flights for summer 2011 include: • Bodrum – Manchester, 2 [...]
Joint ownership of a property
Living in Beyoglu is nice but noisy. It has its own flavor, and not everyone feels happy about the offerings of Beyoglu. I received an email from a reader who is disturbed by the violence from a bar in Beyoglu. The letter reads as follows: “Your columns dealing with legal issues are always helpful. It [...]
Thomas Cook flights to Gatwick
A holiday jet with 200 passengers on board lost more than a ton of fuel from an engine leak as it landed at Gatwick, a report revealed today. Passengers were evacuated from the Thomas Cook Boeing 757 down emergency slides after it touched down on it’s way back from Bodrum, Turkey. The airfield had to be [...]
Arthur Movie
A solid cast of performers (namely Dudley Moore and John Gielgud) sailed the film into agreeable comedic waters, leaving audiences fairly amused and feeling good. This 2011 remake achieves more or less exactly the same thing, delivering a sporadically funny but consistently charismatic story about a millionaire playboy who needs to grow up. Stepping into [...]
Turkey will increase its export
Turkey will increase its exports to $500 billion by 2023, the country’s prime minister announced Monday at a conference that brought together Turkish trade counselors stationed in 85 countries to discuss boosting the country’s exports. “We will increase our exports by four times, making it $500 billion in 12 years. Turkey’s Assembly of Exporters has [...]
John James Audubon
Google has celebrates John James Audubon`s birthday today with another amazing Google Doodle logo (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. Regarding to Wikipedia and other guides, he painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America in a manner far superior to what had gone before. [...]
Bodrum plans to improve water supply
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is working with Turkey’s City of Bodrum and the Bodrum Municipal Water Directorate to improve municipal water supply services. The operation will have three financial components which include a EUR 7.5 million loan from the EBRD to the City to finance capital investments to rehabilitate and expand the [...]
The general rule for work permits
I have just read that there is a significant increase in the number of EU citizens, lead by Germans, applying for work permits in Turkey. I think this is ironic 40 years after the first arrival of Turkish workers in Germany. Certainly the qualifications are not comparable, but still. I would say most of the [...]
