Category: LOCAL
Windmill Park in Bodrum
Bodrum, one of the most popular Aegean Sea resorts in Turkey, in the near future is going to present a new landmark. It will be a windmill park. Eight old windmills near Bodrum are planned to be transformed into a modern recreation center. Resort authorities supported by the local business plan to restore the mills and create a brand new tourist center. [...]
Flights to Bodrum in 2012
Four new routes are being launched by Jet2.com from Newcastle as part of expansion plans which will see a sixth aircraft based at the airport. Flights to Bodrum, Rome, Reus and Venice will start from May 31 next year with fares leading in at £34.99 one way. The low-cost carrier aims to attract an additional [...]
O’Kane tricked 70 investors
A businessman accused of a Turkish holiday home scam has denied he was ever out to trick anyone. Giving evidence, Kevin Eugene O’Kane claimed he felt he had been “conned” and was “shocked” on discovering deeds for villas costing £75,000 were worthless. Mr O’Kane, from Ballynease Road, Portglenone, also rejected claims by some clients that he [...]
Stranded in a Turkish hospital
A boy of 10 has been stranded in a Turkish hospital after a quad bike accident left him with terrible head injuries. Robbie Street can only return home once an air pocket in his head clears and he is given permission to fly. His worried family are having to raise £15,000 to pay for his [...]
Bodrum Holidays in Turkey
One of the most popular holiday resort in Turkey and Bodrum has many beach, shops, bays that holiday makers will love because located more than 500 miles south of Istanbul in the southwestern Aegan region of Turkey, Bodrum offers an idyllic getaway along the coast. The port town sits on a peninsula that is flanked [...]
New Bodrum Airport Terminals
The new international terminal of Milas airport in Bodrum is due to be completed in Spring 2012. The construction works started in 2009 with Turkish sub-contractors, however in February 2011 all the rights to complete the works were overtaken by a major Italian construction company “Astaldi” which is well- known on Turkish industrial market. The new [...]
Turkish ID Numbers
Applying for an ID number is one of the items on the “to do” list of an expat in Turkey. There has been some confusion about this and I was indeed expecting the banks and other institutions to get familiar with it sooner. The Yabanc? Kimlik Numaras? (YKN) matter, which stands for Foreigner Identity Number, [...]
Beach weddings in Turkey
The Aegean has Turkey`s most beautiful and biggest coastline, if you are dreaming to have beach weddings abroad or beach weddings Turkey is the one of the best selection and has many resorts that offers beach weddings for brides and grooms with professional wedding coordinators in Turkey. Same time Turkey holidays is one of the [...]
Blame the Turkish guy!
A victim of an alleged international property scam has told a jury that he was “displeased to say the least” when he discovered the man who had allegedly scammed him “didn’t own a blade of grass in Turkey and we didn’t own a house”. Giving evidence at the Belfast Crown Court trial of 52-year-old Kevin [...]
Visit Gumbet Bodrum!
One place of Bodrum that no visitor to this great city should miss is the famous Bodrum Castle, which overlooks the harbor and the international marina. This castle was constructed by the Knights of Rhodes in the 15th century during the crusades of the middle ages, and it was given the name The Castle of [...]
Yalikavak Bodrum
Yalikavak can be another stop for you while you are in Bodrum Turkey because formerly beeing the area’s main fishing port, the beautiful village of Yalikavak maintains a vry relaxing atmosphere for charming seaside eating. Yalikavak is positioned in the north-western corner of the Bodrum peninsula, 18 km from Bodrum city means it is one [...]
Bodrum Gumbet Windmills
One of the many beautiful sights overlooking the Bodrum peninsula are the windmills. Facing northwest, to catch the coastal winds, these windmills made of stone and lined with wooden planks, and were used from the 18th century until the 70s as a means to grind flour for the local people. Although a common sight the [...]
Bodrum full of celebrities
The world’s jet set, most famous billionaires, Hollywood stars, politicians and prominent athletes chose Mugla’s Bodrum in the southwestern Turkey as a place for their vacation this summer. Celebrity News A fantastic Blue Cruise and a newly built marina at the meeting point of beautiful azure Aegean and Mediterranean waters have attracted great deal of [...]
The Şevket Sabancı Culture Center
A new cultural center has opened in Turgutreis in the Aegean district of Bodrum following prominent businessman Şevket Sabancı’s donation of the facility to the local municipality. The Şevket Sabancı Culture Center covers an area of 1,200 square meters and includes two art galleries; a culture and art library; an artisan workshop for painting, design, [...]
Bodrum Gumbet Transfers
One of the most confusing aspects of traveling to a new place involves understanding its local transport system and of course figuring out the various roads and locations using maps but this is very easy in Bodrum because only motorway goes to 2 ways only and very well sign posted however you need to know [...]
