Category: National
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
She’s had one of the most traumatic years of her life – and former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has got away from it all on a last-minute holiday to Turkey. The soap actress has gone on the break with a friend and baby daughter Eliza to stay in a five star hotel in the south of [...]
Turkey will not recognize Cyprus’ presidency of the European Union in mid-2012 unless a deal reunifying the divided island is reached by then, Turkey’s foreign minister warned Wednesday. Ahmet Davutoglu also said Turkey-EU ties would reach a “freezing point” if Cyprus assumes the presidency before any settlement that would allow the Turkish community to be [...]
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 [...]
The killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has brought major concerns to Turkey along with the rest of the world. The U S carried out the attacks on Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan couple of days ago Turkey will be following this closely, along with the security within Turkey. Turkey [...]
I have realized that we use the word foreigner, in Turkish “yabancı,” a lot. I mean it. I don’t know how foreigners living in Turkey feel about this, but I would probably feel strange, if not foreign. An American friend was really affected by this word. It was like a running joke, and she didn’t [...]
Newroz in Turkey will be celebrated on 20th March all over the resorts and Newroz refers to the celebration of the traditional Kurdish holiday for beginning of Spring and Summer and aims to put smiles on many faces due better weather and this is one of the official Kurdish festival that gets celebrated by Kurdish [...]
A change in legislation regarding limits on a continuous stay in Turkey without a residence permit was probably one of the most serious changes for foreigners living in Turkey. This change had a direct effect on the lives of people who stay in Turkey without a residence permit using the 90-day period granted by the [...]
A Turkish ship carried more than 1, 200 people, most of whom were foreigners, to Turkey from Libya early today, local media reported. With foreigners from Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan and other countries and 460 Turks on board, the ship left Ras Lanuf and Benghazi ports and arrived in the southwestern Turkish port of Marmaris in Mugla [...]
Diageo plans to make its biggest purchase in more than a decade by acquiring Turkish Mey Icki in a transaction that values Turkey’s largest maker of Raki at 3.3 billion Turkish lira ($2.1 billion). Turkish Raki very well known, the aniseed-flavoured drink that Mey Içki specialises in, is a popular Turkish aperitif and also knows [...]
The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Turkey is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 10% during 2011-2014, says RNCOS. According to our report “Turkey Tourism Industry Analysis”, Turkey is preparing itself to become the next European golf tourism hotspot with major expansion plans. Presently, Turkey has over a dozen 18-hole golf courses [...]
Following the discovery of abundant evidence about the Sledgehammer coup probe at the Gölcük Naval Command in early December, prosecutors could no longer remain blind to the new evidence, which showed that Sledgehammer was beyond a coup plan and that some parts of it had been put into practice. Last week, an İstanbul court decided [...]
Turkish President Abdullah Gul is to lead a 300-strong delegation to Iran, including 135 officials and more than 100 businessmen. The Turkish president’s four-day visit will start on Sunday, Mehr news agency reported on Thursday. Four cabinet ministers, including Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, are to accompany the president. Gul is scheduled to meet his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud [...]
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
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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 [...]