Regarding to Directline Holidays online Turkey is anticipating 33 million visitors per year by 2012, according to the country’s Culture and Tourism Minister. It has been revealed that within the first eight months of the year, Turkey attracted over 18 million visitors, accounting for a 1.11% increase from 2008. Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye proved particularly [...]
British holidaymakers need to be as flexible as possible when it comes to taking a family break, according to one expert who said thinking outside the box could help reduce costs. Alistair Daly, marketing director at On the Beach, said making sure families book their break early is another great way to save money and [...]
A random poll of “new Alanyans” foreign-born residents of Alanya and Turkish inhabitants of the town has revealed a myriad of concerns ranging from excessive attention from shop and restaurant staff to over-development. Alanya could offer an even higher standard of living if problems are addressed promptly and decisively, the city’s residents say. Foreign-born residents [...]
Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Serbian President Boris Tadic said Monday in Belgrade that their two countries have developed a “strategic partnership.” Serbia and Turkey say ties are better between the two countries now as they both face hurdles to joining the European Union. According to Tadic, Serbia and Turkey support each other’s stalled EU [...]
Eight illegal immigrants, including five children, drowned after a speedboat carrying 17 people crashed into the rocky shores of Cape Korakas, on the northern part of Lesvos island early Tuesday. According to reports, the vessel carried 16 migrants and a 45-year-old Turkish migrant-smuggler, having set off from the opposite Turkish coast. The suspected migrant smuggler [...]
Turkey has always been good value for money, but these days, it has more to offer the British second-homeowner, and the top end of the market is blossoming. White-washed stucco houses, with infinity pools, hammams and citrus gardens, are springing up in areas such as Göcek, Kalkan and the Bodrum Peninsula and they sell for [...]
The future for Turkey will be bright, that’s for sure. People are paying significant attention and consideration to Turkey. Not only for purposes of tourism but also for good business, investors are now more aware of the Turkish market. What made Turkey so popular? It is an easy question. Except Deniz Baykal, the leader of [...]
Two British sisters and their friend endured a two-hour rape ordeal during a holiday trip to Altinkum. The sisters, aged 18 and 20, and their 19-year-old companion told local police they were attacked after accepting a lift home from a bar in the town centre in Altinkum. Three males, including two aged 16, offered to take [...]
First-time buyers of Turkish property are now more likely to require finance than before the credit-crunch. Many existing owners of Turkish property could also benefit from releasing the equity in their Turkish property and getting up to 70% of the current value back in cash! That’s where a professional Mortgage broker plays an important part. [...]
During the early days of summer in Altinkum your business budget is often the main consideration with any decision you have to make. The cost of designing a website will vary from company to company, but as well as finding the most competitive quote for your website design and hosting project you need to ensure you [...]
Legal guidebook for foreigners
Turkish intellectual property law, Sometimes lawyers feel that all those violations experienced by their clients will never touch them. This is certainly not the case. It happens to us, too. Just recently, I was wandering in a bookshop, and I checked the legal books section, and what did I find but a legal guidebook for foreigners [...]
With average property prices in England and Wales currently listed as £233,139*, we look at what you can get for your money in the UK and abroad. This figure has only risen 1.5% over the past year showing a very static domestic market compared with a 16.4% annual price increase seen 3 years ago. London [...]
A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world’s first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and one leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said. At the same time, a team of doctors at Akdeniz University Hospital, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, transplanted the face of the same donor onto another [...]
Flu-Fighting Foods that we need because getting cold nearly all over the world and better to be safe and with out flu around so lets take some actions and stay away from flu because buried in the controversy over whether to get the H1N1 vaccination (or even where to find one), is that one of [...]