Popular holiday destination Kusadasi has just seen its first cruise ship of 2023. The 228 metre long Norwegian-flagged vessel named "Viking Sky" docked at the Ege Port in the Aydin district. It comes after cruise ship "Viking Venus" left the dock just the day before making it the last ship of 2022. A total of 841 passengers left the cruise ship and hopped on the local bus services. Some tourists...

You would be forgiven if you didn’t immediately associate Wine with Turkiye, however, not only is the country home to around 1200 varieties of the European Grapevine (of which 60 are used for commercial purposes) but it’s also the fourth leading producer of grapes for wine production in the world. If you look back into the catacombs of history, it will also tell you that Turkiye is probably one of the...

Turkey offers a host of festivities for all Ex Pats to celebrate the holidays and the end of the year. Let’s take a look at all the celebrations taking place throughout the festive period. Istanbul will be hosting for its third consecutive year its annual Christmas Market at the Four Seasons Bosphorus. The Market will offer around 100 stands consisting of international treats like gingerbread...

‘Look after the Enivironment’ – quite a hot topic right now, and one that’s being discussed on an International level with countries being urged to look at their carbon footprints, reduce carbon emissions and invest in green energy. For Turkiye it’s no different, and given their forecast of seeing a 60% increase in it’s renewable energy capacity over the next five years, the country is firmly...

Let’s take a look at Turkey’s popular winter destinations!! One of Turkey’s most popular spots for the winter season is Uludag, located around 40 kilometres from Bursa in Istanbul. Uludag hosts a wide variety of options for winter tourism. Accommodation facilities and hotels with a capacity of around 5,000 beds are scattered in two areas close to the peak next to the 20 ski tracks. Already the...

If you thought that Spain and Greece were the only places to find the perfect ‘Blue Flag’ Beach, then think again, as there’s now more than 500 beaches across Turkiye that have been given the prestigious award, and joined the ‘Blue Flag’ club. Launched in the 1980’s the Blue Flag scheme is open to Beaches, Marina’s and Tourism Activities, with those wishing to apply having to meet very...

October was a relatively strong month for House Sales in Turkiye, with official figures released by TurkStat showing that there were 102,660 purchases in total. Although in comparison this was a reduction of 25% when compared to the previous year, sales overall from January to October 2022 were up by 6.7%. Istanbul was the top performer for Property Sales attracting just under 17,000 buyers, closely...

For the first time in it’s History a multi-layered legionary cemetery has been uncovered in the ancient city of Satala, which lies in the Kelkit district of Northern Gümüşhane. The area, known as Anatolia was ruled by the Roman Empire for centuries, and in the last days of work being carried out by archaeologists from Bartin University, they came across the Cemetery Structure which upon further...

Turkish airports served a total of 155.9 million passengers in the first ten months of this year, according to new figures just released by the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry of Turkiye. Not only was this an increase of just over 30% when compared to the same period last year, but it also demonstrates the effectiveness of the last 10-20 years of Aviation Investment in Turkiye. Minister Adil...

WTM London has recently revealed that 2.8 million British tourists visited Turkey in the first 9 months of this year. This figure has already exceeded Turkey's original target for 2022 of 2.5 million tourists. Turkey's minister of culture and tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that “Going into 2022, we already had great confidence in the UK market. These numbers not only typify the importance of the...