The Duchess of York has been charged by a Turkish court over a covert film she made for a documentary about the country’s orphanages. She has been accused of going “against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy” of five children. Sarah travelled to Turkey in 2008 to investigate the nation’s state-run orphanages for [...]
I recently received the following question: “I am getting married to a Turk soon. I am a foreign citizen and a resident of Turkey. I have been told that I needed to get my birth certificate translated into Turkish, which I have done. I have also been told that the Turkish authorities might need other [...]
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 [...]
This week I have taken the liberty of writing about my own complaints regarding a new procedure that makes life more difficult for nothing. The heading above is inspired by expats’ complaints regarding local regulations, which are already difficult for foreigners to understand. I want to let you know that you are not alone in [...]
Pressure had been building on a number of fronts, but the issue which finally destroyed her was the yet-to-be-born euro. In the last weekend of October 1990, she travelled to a European summit in Rome, where Jacques Delors’ dream of European Monetary Union was high on the agenda. But while Mrs. Thatcher was fighting her [...]
Two children, allegedly abducted by their German mother from the custody of their British father, have been found dead in Turkey. Yaanis Mellersh, eight, and his sister Mira, six, were discovered in the seaside town of Soke on November 18 along with their mother, Elke Mellersh, 45 which is only 20 minutes away from Kusadasi in [...]
“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 [...]
The Duchess of York has been charged by a Turkish court over a covert film she made for a documentary about the country’s orphanages. She has been accused of going “against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy” of five children. Sarah travelled to Turkey in 2008 to investigate the nation’s state-run orphanages for [...]
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 [...]
Kusadasi, which has only a permanent population of about 10.000, is situated on the west coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea. What makes the location so attractive, are the high mountains souring behind, the bays and islands off shore and the proximity to such famous historical sites as Ephesus, Miletos and Didyma. For visitors [...]
Kusadasi is a pretty sea, the Aegean Sea off the city with a rich history. Has been a middle of art & culture not only in Turkey but also of lots of civilizations, from its founding in 3000 BC Today, it resembles a contemporary European city. The popular resort town of Kusadasi in Aydin province, [...]
Apple Inc, in its first product unveiling since Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive officer, introduced an iPhone with a speedier processor and a higher- resolution camera on Tuesday to help it vie with Google Inc’s Android. The A5 chip in the iPhone 4S will be seven times faster than the processor in the old [...]
Amazon just entered to tablet market with amazing Kindle Fire tablet and now we can expect to see many improvments to all the tablets because tablet market is getting hot and better now. Amazon.com introduced the Kindle Fire on September 29th, 2011, a full color tablet version of their popular Kindle e-book reader. Evaluating Kindle [...]
Justin Bieber fever reached fever pitch Sunday night, and not in a good way, following teen idol Justin Bieber’s loss to jazz artist Esperanza Spalding for the best new artist Grammy award. As late as early Monday afternoon, enraged Bieber fans were still vandalizing Spalding’s Wikipedia page with unprintable epithets – even after a Wikipedia [...]
Judge Keith Schwartz gave Lindsay Lohan a chilling warning today in court, saying she “must follow the law just like anybody else.” The admonition came after he granted the troubled actress $20,000 bail on her felony grand theft charge that alleges she pilfered a $2,500 necklace at a jewelry shop in Venice Beach, Calif. last [...]
Spain has reclaimed its property crown, according to the latest Top of the Props report from TheMoveChannel.com. Following America’s unexpected victory in November, US property fell in popularity last month, dropping three places in the overseas portal’s chart. That dip was all Spain needed to soar back to top spot, along with several other property [...]
America is now the second most popular overseas property destination in the world, according to the latest Top of the Props report from TheMoveChannel.com. After a long-running battle between France and Spain at the top of the chart, the US has unexpectedly turned the two-horse race into a three-way competition for top spot. The country [...]
Regarding to many news report and SNP; we can highly say New Scotland will be created soon and its right time might be for the Scotland to leave UK for its own benefit which supported by many Scottish people due quality of life in Scotland and if you are wondering what Scots independence debate means [...]
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 [...]
We’re in Kusadasi today. This has been an amazing cruise so far. Since I last posted a blog for you, we’ve had an overnight call to Istanbul, have been to Romania, and have called to 2 Ukrainian ports as well. Let me tell you about Istanbul first, because that’s obviously the highlight port of this Mediterranean [...]
HIV acquired in the UK doubled
A doubling of new HIV infections in the UK in the past decade is leading experts to tell GPs to offer testing to all adult male patients in some areas,” reported BBC News. The news report is based on the latest data, which showed that new diagnoses of HIV acquired in the UK have nearly doubled [...]
The healthiest way to lose weight
After reading many topics and articles regarding loosing weight we have decided to let you know best and health options to loose weight with out doing anything or exercise because of life style sometimes can be hard to exercise but if you are in Kusadasi or Ladies Beach don’t forget amazing golden sand beach perfect [...]
I recently received the following question: “I am getting married to a Turk soon. I am a foreign citizen and a resident of Turkey. I have been told that I needed to get my birth certificate translated into Turkish, which I have done. I have also been told that the Turkish authorities might need other [...]
British business down the river
Pressure had been building on a number of fronts, but the issue which finally destroyed her was the yet-to-be-born euro. In the last weekend of October 1990, she travelled to a European summit in Rome, where Jacques Delors’ dream of European Monetary Union was high on the agenda. But while Mrs. Thatcher was fighting her [...]
