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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, [...]

Erdogan’s tour of Arab Spring nations

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tour of Arab Spring nations and the messages he gave during these visits continue to echo in the Turkish media. There is no doubt that these visits, which have further boosted Turkey’s international standing and Erdogan’s popularity, will play a major role in the shaping of the future of these [...]

Maintenance fees, non delivered tapu

“Hi, we live on a small communal area which consists of six villas, no pool but has a garden, etc. My husband manages the upkeep of the garden and any maintenance [of walls, pump, etc., and gardener fees]. Five villas pay their TL 25 per month for this but one has not paid for five [...]

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 [...]

Joomla Business websites

Joomla for business pages, sites can offer more and you will be suprized. Web design companies are using Joomla increasing to develop cutting edge websites for their customers. Joomla is a powerful content management system that is free to use. Joomla is equally beneficial for a start up company or small business as it is [...]

Turkish residence permit

Looking through emails from readers, I can see that Turkey is becoming an increasingly attractive location for foreigners wanting to invest in personal property. I usually receive questions from different countries and especially from EU countries but I have recently started to receive questions and enquiries from citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina about residence permits [...]

Monarch has eliminated debit card fees

Monarch, the scheduled airline, announced in June of this year a commitment to transparent and simple pricing. In a move that will put pressure on its rivals to follow its lead, Monarch has eliminated debit card fees and has introduced a fixed fee for all credit card bookings. Customers electing to pay using a debit [...]

The Energy Market Regulatory Authority

The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) released a new communiqué on Aug. 13, 2011 amending the old communiqué dated Apr. 4, 2002 published in the official gazette. I will give a rough translation of this communiqué in this article. The communiqué changed Article 4, paragraph 1, as follows: “55. Production plants working on renewable energy [...]

While on holiday in Kusadasi

The bodies of two Irish women murdered while on holiday in Turkey were flown home today. Marion Graham and her friend Kathy Dinsmore from Co. Down, were stabbed to death near Izmir last week. Distraught family members of the women spent some time in the morgue at Dublin Airport before the bodies were taken away. [...]

Three of the tourists died shortly thereafter

A Russian tourist who was declared brain dead late last month after she was poisoned by bootleg alcohol imbibed during a yacht tour died early Monday, bringing the death toll in the case to five. News reports said the fifth victim, Viktoria Nikoloeva (22), had been receiving treatment at Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya. Doctors [...]