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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cafcass is the voice of children in the family courts, dealing with some of the most complex family conflict situations in England which never helps children’s at court because put more time between parents. During this year Cafcass have had influence in the lives of 147,000 children and young people where our practitioners made difficult [...]
Kalkan is a picturesque, unspoiled and romantic holiday resort situated in the place where mythical Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea meet on the beautiful coast between Fethiye and Kaş cities. The heart of Kalkan is its old town, the real labyrinth of narrow cobbled streets leading to harbor. Kalkan is surrounded by famous historic [...]
Turkey’s tourism sector has exhibited a remarkable performance this year with an 11% increase in the number of tourists visiting the Eurasian nation in the first seven months of 2011 with 17,624,969 tourists visiting between January and July this year according to data from the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry and up to 30 million [...]
Monarch, the scheduled airline, announced in June of this year a commitment to transparent and simple pricing. In a move that will put pressure on its rivals to follow its lead, Monarch has eliminated debit card fees and has introduced a fixed fee for all credit card bookings. Customers electing to pay using a debit [...]
Cancer has become a major public health problem for countries around the world, almost if not all person can relate to this dreaded disease some way or another. A new case of cancer is diagnosed every 3 sec around the world, ya, that’s a hard number to digest. But we can fight it, below are [...]
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 [...]
Undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest cities, Istanbul has seen a 30.1% increase in tourist revenue, generating an estimated $10.2 billion in 2011, surpassing New York and Amsterdam in terms of the number of visitors according to a city index developed by MasterCard Worldwide. Estimates from the city index suggest that Istanbul will receive a [...]
Thomas Cook, Europe’s second-largest tour operator, has warned that profits will be lower than originally anticipated this year because of a lack of consumer spending in the UK and the troubles earlier this year in North Africa and in the Middle East. The company has announced that its UK team will be initiating a strategic [...]
Leading leisure airline Monarch is boosting its services from Bodrum to the UK with the launch of new scheduled flights this summer. Flights are available to book now via www.monarch.co.uk with fares starting from only €84 one way including all taxes and charges. The new flights for summer 2011 include: • Bodrum – Manchester, 2 [...]
I own a flat in istanbul in an area that is central but still mainly residential. The tapu [land deed] is of the type where we own shares in the whole building rather than separate titles to our flats. Last year the owner of the shop on the ground floor of our building converted it [...]
Living in Beyoglu is nice but noisy. It has its own flavor, and not everyone feels happy about the offerings of Beyoglu. I received an email from a reader who is disturbed by the violence from a bar in Beyoglu. The letter reads as follows: “Your columns dealing with legal issues are always helpful. It [...]
The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden continues to dominate columns in the Turkish press, with many debating the way his body was treated by the US, actual developments that led to the metaphoric death of bin Laden before his actual death and a possible change in the US foreign policy discourse. In her [...]
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 [...]
