BRITONS own the most property in Turkey, according to official data by the Land Registry Directorate’s Foreigner Affairs Unit.
Foreigners from 89 countries have bought about 111,200 properties across Turkey, with the total area of real estate equaling up to 81.6 million square meters.
British and German nationals own the most property in Turkey with 35,249 Brits owning 24,848 properties.
As for Germans, 27,021 own 35,344 properties. Followed by 10,750 Greeks who own a total of 9,888 properties, 6,849 Irish citizens own 5,173 properties, 5,710 Danes own 4,697 properties and 4,563 Russians own 4,227 real estate properties.
Turkey is emerging as one of the top short-flight destinations this year. Outside the eurozone, its exchange rate is kind to British visitors. The country has a huge coastline with an unending succession of resorts mixed up with quiet little coves and fishing villages. You are guaranteed top-wattage sunshine and a famously warm welcome. Gareth Huw Davies lists his favourite things on the gorgeous stretch of seaside around Antalya - the Turquoise Coast...
Gazipasa Jet Aircraft landed in the airport for the first time !
Date : 4/28/2011
NEWS OF THE DAY
Gazipasa Airport took its first landing of a charter JET Aircraft of Dutch Tourists, from the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The Transavia Airlines Boeing 737-700 made a successful flight AND landing at 20.30. Having departed at 21.50 with 149 passengers onboard.
BRITISH expats across Turkey have expressed delight at the massively reduced cost of their residency permit.
Many believed it was too good to be true as the announcement came into effect last Friday April 1, with Voices the first newspaper in Turkey to break the news.
But once ‘official sources’ caught up, including the British Embassy’s own website and phone calls to police departments across the country, even the doubters were left eating their words.
The costs of a residency are now:
one-year is now 120TL (about £50 or 80 US dollars);
two years is now 210TL (140 US dollars)
three years is now 300TL (200..... » Read More
Turkey offers visitors 'great value for money'
Date : 3/22/2011
Turkey offers visitors 'great value for money'
Individuals hoping to buy property in Turkey will be pleased to learn that the country still offers holidaymakers "excellent value for money".
This is according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, which believes that current exchange rates mean that there is plenty of scope for travelling Brits to make the most of their money while in the country.
"Although people are tightening their belts this year, I believe that most people will still want their week or two in the sun and Turkey is a great all-round choice," Tolga Tuyluoglu, director of the firm, explained.
