Category: Opinion
The Turkish residence permit is always a very interesting topic. I have written several articles about residence permits in past months. In one of these articles I responded to a question about the renewal limits of a residence permit. To be more precise I mentioned that a residence permit can only be renewed a maximum [...]
“Dear Mr. Çektir, I read your column on todayszaman.com with interest and pleasure. At this moment I have two questions regarding an issue that has not been dealt with before. That is why I have decided to approach you directly. I hope you have more of these questions so that I can read a proper [...]
Kusadasi Turkey holidays flights with Kiss Holidays has been ceased from UK because another drama news come yesterday all over the UK and this is another company gone down the hill and expected to affect about 70,000 travellers, some of whom were due to travel to locations such as the Canary Islands, Greece and Egypt, [...]
I have been writing about some professional Turkish law-related matters for some weeks and I have to get back to my inbox. I have three questions to respond to today. The first one concerns military checks and property. It reads as follows: “Dear Mr. Çektir, I have read a few worrying articles in Today’s Zaman [...]
Kusadasi has been very popular holiday destination for many years and now this days many a visitor from overseas gets his or her first taste of a European destination via a cruise ship stop. Kusadasi, located on Turkey’s Aegean west coast is just such popular cruise ship stop and hardly a day goes by where [...]
Today I’ll go through my inbox and respond to some questions. The first question concerns Turkish property law and family law together. The email reads as follows; “Dear Berk, I am English and I have had Turkish nationality through marriage for the last 14 years. I own a villa in Turkey which we currently live [...]
“Hello Berk Çektir. I’m starting to apply for my Turkish citizenship and have read some of your information. But the one question I have is, where do you start? A little about me: I live in the ?zmir area, have been married for 10 years to a Turkish man and moved to Turkey in May [...]
Anyone who has ever visited Thailand will know about the beauty of Thai women. In their twenties, they are striking. In their thirties, they are looking more mature, but still most are very attractive. The women working in the ubiquitous bars and massage parlors of Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket are mostly former housewives, believe it [...]
You may not have considered it before, but think about adding something wonderfully unique and different that few people have – a floor water fountain inside the inside of your home or office. Water fountains are becoming quite popular lately in hospitals, massage businesses, spas, and various other spaces where clients and customers need to [...]
It’s scary when you meet someone for the first time. Most of us want to hold back and survey the other person before us, before we reveal too much of ourselves. This is because many of us fear feeling rejected. And if we put ourselves on the line, our date may reject us. Why not [...]
The pound has been the real victim of Britain’s recession. It has been hammered by other currencies, chipped away at by currency traders and basically totally undermined by the grim state of the UK’s economy. No one, internationally speaking, has any faith in the pound and so it has reached an all time low next [...]
ID number requirements (T.C. number) All authorities in Turkey will require that you submit an ID number when making official applications related to your presence and settling in Turkey. called the tax ID number, the name of the document makes it sound as if all this is about tax issues, but it is not. This number [...]
A Roman writer once called Ephesus Lumen Asiae, The Light of Asia. Ephesus, with a population of 300,000, was the chief commercial city of the province and the center of the mother goddess worship of western Asia. In the New Testament era it was the fourth greatest city in the world, after Rome, Alexandria in [...]
Looking for a job in Turkey has never been easier online but this is little different in Turkey. With the convenience of the computer and the internet, you can easily do a job search online but you will not be able to find many because alot of employer dont advertise. This permits a much broader [...]
Kusadasi Observer News is the only online community portal you will ever need in Kusadasi Turkey. We are here 24/7 to provide you with all the information possible you require about your local area. Covering the five towns region ( Ephesus, Selcuk, Kusadasi, Soke and Ladys Beach ) we aim to bring you local news of [...]
Kusadasi is one of the most swollen resort towns on the southern Aegean Coast, overflowing with shiploads of tourists in summer who enlarge the year-round population several times over. Once a small fishing village, today the busy town is packed with curios and carpet shops; its proximity to the ruins of Ephesus making it an [...]
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 [...]