Just five years after buying their first holiday home in Turkey, British surgeon Phil McLoughlin and his Malaysian wife Shanti have begun looking there for the perfect spot to build a house for their retirement. The couple, who live with their two teenage sons in St Andrews, are searching for a plot in one of […]
Happy customers of Spot Blue who bought a villa in Fethiye through the firm earlier this year and who are now looking for a plot on which to build their dream retirement home were featured in the Mail on Sunday on 18th August. In April this year surgeon Phil McLoughlin and his wife Shanti, who […]
Spot Blue International Property Ltd, a leading UK-based Turkey property specialist, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month and with it announcing increased efforts to target investors from the growing international market, as well as the more established European countries. Founded in August 2003 by chairman David Walker, who spotted the appeal of Turkey as […]
In its latest move to remove the military from Turkish politics the Turkish Parliament on Saturday amended an army regulation that had often been used as a precursor for the military to get involved in politics and even to overthrow previous governments on several occasions. This regulation, or one article in particular concerning the military […]
As part of an on-going trade initiative to strengthen relations with the UK, members of the Turkish Government took time out from a business forum in London this week to open the London Stock Exchange, an event that presented an opportunity for Turkey's Minister of Economy, Zafer Caglayan, and chairman of property specialist Spot Blue […]
More progress towards EU accession for Turkey as European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle called for the opening of the energy chapter of negotiations. “The [European] Commission thinks that Turkey is ready to negotiate the energy chapter,” Füle said in a written statement to the European Parliament. Füle also noted that […]
It's all go in Gazipasa. For those who don't know Gazipasa is a small Turkish town and the site of an airport, which was built in 2001 but has only opened and began accepting national and international flights in the last few years. According to a spokesperson for TAV Holdings, the company which became the […]
Turkey's EU candidacy looks like getting back on track as senior EU officials put their weight behind a new push, with support from Ankara. Turkey's EU accession negotiations were opened in 2005 but soon hit a brick wall. Only 13 out of the 35 negotiation chapters have even been opened, all of which were opened […]
Turkey recently launched its first national research ship. Its purpose is to help protect marine ecosystems and enable surveillance and research on a number of undersea related issues. One of these is exploring for oil. The project is significant because it proves Turkey is capable of building such ships, and the Science Industry and Technology […]
Istanbul, 26 November 2012 - By 2023 Turkey is expected to have 10,000 kilometres of high speed track out of the country’s total of 25,000 kilometres. Speaking recently Binali Yildirim, Turkey’s Minister of Transport and Communication, said “The high-speed train lines that will connect four major cities Ankara to Istanbul, Ankara to Izmir and Ankara […]
