Category: Local
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 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. [...]
The teenage daughter of one of the two women murdered while on holiday in Turkey has arrived back in Northern Ireland. Fifteen-year-old Shannon Graham landed in Belfast on a flight from London Heathrow with her father Raymond McGuinness and brother David. Her mother Marion Graham and best friend Cathy Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were [...]
It’s about nine months ’til the official launch of Oceania Cruises 65,000-ton, 1,258-passenger Riviera, sister ship to this year’s lovely Marina, and Oceania has just announced the ship’s inaugural-season cruises, plus an early-booking deal: T ravelers who book by August 31 will receive a free hotel stay and bonus savings of up to $3,000 per [...]
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The police over the weekend raided former Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Çiller’s ranch in the tourist town of Kuşadası and found 7,750 bottles of unlicensed red wine worth approximately TL 1 million ($620,000). The raid was carried out on Saturday based on a tip the police received from an unknown source. The seized bottles belong [...]
Happy Mothers day to every amazing mother all over the World! You might already know, in Turkey the celebrating of mothers day goes almost the same way then back home, but because the weather is nice and summers is already here, you can have more options to celebrate the wonderful mothers day in Kusadasi, Selcuk [...]
The Astana rider had too much speed for Lampre’s Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi at the end of the 181km stage from Kusadasi. Ella Favilli was a distant third with Garmin speedster Tyler Farrar fading to sixth after losing out to Andrea Guardini in Sunday’s opening stage. The 30-year-old Kazakh takes the overall lead as Guardini relinquished the [...]
I have just read that there is a significant increase in the number of EU citizens, lead by Germans, applying for work permits in Turkey. I think this is ironic 40 years after the first arrival of Turkish workers in Germany. Certainly the qualifications are not comparable, but still. I would say most of the German [...]
Royal Caribbean will run its biggest cruise programme in Europe in summer 2012, putting 12 ships in the region. Independence of the Seas will be based in Southampton year-round for the third consecutive season, and will primarily offer two alternating 14-night Mediterranean cruises with three 10- and 11-night itineraries to the Canary islands operating in October [...]
Following our bilateral consular meeting with the Turkish authorities in December, the Turkish Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs have now confirmed that they have agreed to the British Ambassador’s request to reduce the residence permit fees for British nationals to 60 Euros/$80/year from 1 April. Fees will be charged at $25 [...]
The Minister of National Education has announced that Turkey will create 40.000 English language teachers to teach in Turkish schools this is a bid to improve English language all over Turkey and improve quality of education system in Turkey. This means there will be a lot of jobs created for British, US and Canadian nationals [...]
As you may know that Turkey is not EU (European Union), with this it has its advantages such as holidaying there will be cheaper compared to other EU countries and due to the Turkish currency still being Yeni Turk Lira (New Turkish Lira) there is a great exchange rate. This makes Turkish holidays far more [...]
Kusadasi Observer – As you know blogging has become important this days all over the world, you must have seen through press coverage there has been a large amount of attention in middle east over protests and governments issues in many countries so if you are looking to raise your voice over the internet or online, [...]
Many of British tourists will have to pay up to £40 more for their flights holidays to Turkey and other countries because one of the UK’s biggest tour operators announced a price rise prompted by the surging cost of oil and blame the oil price rises all over the World which will effect flight prices [...]
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 [...]