It really is a special time to invest in Turkish property. We can say that and you have every right to call us biased. However, I would challenge anyone, impartial, unbiased or otherwise to question our reasoning. It is like a perfect storm. A storm that has been brewing and...
Posted on 23 March 2012
Tripadvisor.co.uk has just revealed its latest list of the world's top 25 beach holiday locations, and Olu Deniz is once again rated highly. The gorgeous Turkish lagoon bay is in 14th place, which is good enough, but it is also the highest rated European destination, which is even better. This...
Posted on 09 March 2012
Traffic through Turkish airports is continuing to grow strongly according to the latest data. Anna.Aero, the airline data collation website has just published stats for January, which show incredible growth across Turkish airports. Dalaman was the best performer with passenger numbers up 41.1% year on year from 22,555 last January...
Posted on 24 February 2012
[caption id="attachment_12484" align="flwp" width="300" caption="A Turkish Airlines A330"][/caption] Turkish airlines finished 2011 with a big array of new flight routes, and has started 2012 in the same way. At the back end of last year Turkish airlines made the headlines for being quick to resume flights into Libya as soon...
Posted on 16 February 2012
I'm dreaming of a white... Bitlis. Those in the town of Bitlis in eastern Turkey probably aren't dreaming of a white anything after almost a week of constant snow brought day-to-day life in the town to a standstill. Anything or anyone capable of moving freely in a snowdrift of 640cm...
Posted on 11 February 2012
This week was a week of big tourism events in Turkey, events which brought a new realisation on tourism income growth in Turkey. The Turkey Tourism Summit in the Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre ICEC made the headlines for a rather controversial reason. Hurriyet headline: "Minister blames statistics body for...
Posted on 10 February 2012
Istanbul is currently one of the hottest places for buy to let investment in the world. The population is huge and growing so rapidly in numbers and affluence, that developers simply can't build fast enough to meet the demand for quality property to buy and rent. But it is also...
Posted on 07 January 2012
Twenty Eleven was a great year for Turkey and a great year for Turkish property. The Turkish economy was among the fastest growing in the world (it was the fastest in 1H, but we have no data for 2H) according to official data. According to the Turkish association of real...
Posted on 06 January 2012
It's official, Turkey has crossed the long-anticipated threshold of 30 million visitors, a year later than expected. During the boom the government set the tourism target that Turkey would be receiving 30 million visitors per year by 2010. Then the credit crunch happened. Most tourism markets were completely derailed by...
Posted on 30 December 2011
29 November 2011, Ankara - According to Nestle Turkey’s CEO, Mr Hans Ulrich Mayer, Turkey has been a great place to invest - “Turkey has been the recipient of several Nestlé investments many times greater than we invest in other markets” reported Mayer. Nestle has invested about 500 million USD...
Posted on 29 November 2011
