Nights hanging out in Kusadasi
The ladies and I spent a couple of nights hanging out in Kuşadasi on the Aegean coast, we just wanted to relax and take it easy. We decided to go for a walk one night and we found ourselves hanging out in a local pub being entertained by a bunch of kids in the street. [...]
Turkey’s tourism industry has seen remarkable growth over the past few years, proof of the country’s continued popularity as a travel destination in defiance of the global economic crisis. Turkey received 18,694,028 visitors in the first 8 months of 2009, up 1.1% in the same period last year, with annual tourist numbers expected to reach [...]
British sisters in horrific holiday rape
Three British tourists were viciously beaten and two of them raped in a horrific two-hour ordeal on holiday in Turkey. The women, sisters aged 18 and 20, and their 19-year-old girl friend, were attacked by three men after meeting at a bar. The girls got into a car with them at 2am last Friday after [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Greek Cypriots in sue Turkish Cyprus
Greek Cypriots living in the United States have opened a court case against Turkey and Turkish Cyprus at a District of Columbia Court. They claim their property rights have been violated and are seeking $400 billion in compensation, according to reports from the Greek press. Representing Greek Cypriots Mihalis Tumazos, Nicolas Kancilaris and Marula Tumasoz, [...]
Turkey reported its first death from a case of the swine flu on Saturday. The H1N1 virus claimed the life of a 29-year-old male, according to the health ministry. The patient was first diagnosed with pneumonia when he went to a hospital in Ankara three days ago and was under treatment when he developed respiratory [...]
Selçuk is the central town of Selçuk district, İzmir Province in Turkey, 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Kuşadası, 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Ephesus. Its original name was Ayios Theologos (Greek: Άγιος Θεολόγος), from which the Ottoman Turkish name Ayasluğ is derived. In 1914 it was renamed Selçuk, after the Seljuk Turks who [...]
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 [...]