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Military service in Turkey
On Dec. 15, 2011, a most anticipated law was enacted. Parliament approved a new bill regarding exemption from military service in lieu of payment, which enables men who are 30 years old and older to skip military service in exchange for TL 30,000. According to “The Bill Amending the Law on Military Service,” men who [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
High number of tourists that visit Bodrum
Turkey’s second largest tourist destination has had a wireless surveillance system installed which can network with over 70 video cameras. The port city of Bodrum has a peak tourist population of over 1.5 million during the summer months. To ensure the protection of tourists and locals alike, as well as the port itself, the Bodrum [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
