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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 [...]

This violence is all around

Why would someone beat someone else? What a nasty topic to write about. I selected this heading greatly disturbed in my mind and heart. My first choice for the heading was “woman killers,” but then I felt that would be too strong. It is even difficult to write about this, but the extent of violence [...]

Buyers of Turkish property

Recent findings have shown that around 1 in 6 Turkish properties sold to foreign buyers were bought by Brits in the last two months. The Land Registry Directorate General’s most recent statics highlight that 113,687 properties across Turkey are now owned by foreigners, an increase of 2,487 property sales made on September’s 111,200 figures. Further [...]

Turkish Banks in 2012

Following consecutive regulatory actions, Turkish banks have come under pressure from rising funding costs and deteriorating earnings quality since the end of 2010. As a result of the policy crossfire caused by the Central Bank Turkey (CBT) and the Banking Regulatory + Supervision Agency (BRSA), we have been conservative on banks’ Net Income Multiplier (NIM) [...]

Fathers not allowed to see kids!

British heartbroken father of two young children killed by their mother in Turkey was last night locked in a legal battle to bring their bodies back to Hampshire regarding to BBC but its law that everyone should follow because British Family Law is already in a big mess and one of the biggest massacre in [...]

Commerce has identified Turkey

The US Department of Commerce has identified Turkey as one of the ten most promising emerging economies, and a recent World Bank study also declared Turkey one of the ten countries most likely to enter the top tier of the world economy. The Turkish economy has shown remarkable performance with its steady growth over the [...]

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, [...]