Turkey continues to gain significant improvements with its own economy and these positive changes have been recognised internationally by the World Bank´s business index which now places the country in 33rd place, an improvement of 27 places compared with 2017. Though it has been tough in recent times with the operations against terrorist organizations in Syria and tight agreements with the US &...
We are going to take another look at other types of popular Turkish foods. A dish called borek is a classic street food but is also a traditonal breakfast food. Borek is made up of two crispy thin layers of phyllo dough filled with cheese, potatoes, ground beef or sometimes spinach is used. This dish dates all the way back from the Ottoman period. Another traditional breakfast food is simit which is a...
While Turkey does offer some fantastic places to sit back, relax and enjoy some world class cuisine, it also offers some amazing foods located on the streets. Check out these top 10 Turkish street foods!! You will be sure to find in most cities and towns a vendor providing a delicious meatball sandwich. This juicy sandwich comes with sliced tomatoes, peppers, onions and mixed seasonings. There is also...
Recent records show that up to the end of August this year Turkish Property Sales have had a 5.1% increase. Several factors have resulted in the increased figure. One major factor was the cut in central bank rates which helped boost the economy, plus the State Banks reduced their interest rate on home purchases. Property sales to foreigners has increased by 64.5% and records show that most of these...
We appreciate that we´ve discussed tourism a lot over the past few weeks and months, but it´s such an important part of Turkey´s economy, that it´s difficult not to report on the news when it happens, especially when its been revealed that the target for 2023 is to reach 75m tourists bringing with them nearly 65 billion US dollars. Turkey, ranked 6th worldwide for Tourism as it stands has already seen...
TUI has announced that there will be new flights flying from Glasgow Airport to destinations in Turkey and Spain for summer 2020. Tickets have gone on sale for the new flights into Bodrum which will operate on Mondays. TUI have also announced that they will provide 10 and 11 night holidays to a total of 8 destinations which will include Antalya in Turkey, Zakynothos in Greece and Orlanda Sanford. There...
On October 11th a ceremony was held for the opening of the brand new library in Istanbul Airport. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy attended the ceremony. The library is situated in the domestic flights terminal section of the airport. The library offers 1,350 literature books, 500 Nobel Prize winning books, 500 children's books, 150 books written in English and 50 magazines. For...
The Marriott International is one of the biggest and most well-known chains in the Hotel Industry with numerous 5* properties in many of the world´s largest cities and holiday resort destinations. Already with 31 hotels in Turkey, represented by several of their different brands, they have recognised the steady increase in Tourism over the last few years and have decided to invest further in Turkey, with...
This year has seen the highest number of the endangered caretta caretta seaturtles to nest on Patara Beach in Antalya's Kas district. There was a grand total of 286 nests, which has been reported as the highest number of all time. The turtles made their way over to the beach at the beginning of May to lay their eggs, this lasted until August, then on September 15th the baby seaturtles hatched. In...
If you, like many others, are looking to gain citizenship in Turkey, then just a property purchase of $250,000 USD will entitle you to this. Since the amendment to the Turkish Citizenship Law 2611 foreign investors have taken advantage of the change, with the number of applications standing at 3859. In terms of a fixed capital investment, the minimum requirement was reduced from $2m down to $500,000, and...