The Turkish tourism industry started 2017 with apprehension, but industry insiders are celebrating a successful comeback with high hopes for 2018. Stats revealed by the country’s official statistical organisation said in the first ten months of 2017, tourist numbers increased by 28% year-on-year, coming in at a total of 29...
Posted on 20 December 2017
From the east to the west, Turkey is an incredibly large country covering 81 provinces and eight geographical regions. First-time buyers eager to know the best places to buy property in Turkey may be overwhelmed at the vast amount of destinations open to them, from the leading cities to small...
Posted on 12 September 2017
Staying true to its long-established reputation as playground of the rich and famous, the Bodrum region of Turkey, is this week hosting the Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, visionary investor, and avid philanthropist, worth 18 billion dollars. Arriving at Bodrum airport on...
Posted on 16 August 2017
I feel a bit hard-done-by sometimes. Before the crash practically anyone could pick a figure out of the air for a rental yield or potential capital appreciation for any part of the world and be taken at face value, but now, when I use my expertise and experience of the...
Posted on 23 August 2012
As regular readers will know we collate data on the most popular properties on our website, based on which properties are the most viewed by our users. The data continues to reveal an interesting if not altogether surprising trend; people are no longer simply after the cheapest property in Turkey,...
Posted on 25 February 2012
Istanbul is currently one of the highest profile cities in the world, what, with its economy and property market booming, construction booming, employment growing faster than any other city in the world (Brookings Institute 2010) and one of the fastest growing populations in the world as well. As a result...
Posted on 25 May 2011
Bodrum will be one of the most exciting places in the world this September when it hosts the Mediterranean Colours festival – one of the largest festivals the Mediterranean has ever seen. The festival will feature over 2000 dancers from 30 countries, and will see Bodrum become alive with Carnival fever...
Posted on 24 April 2011
Bodrum Bay is a name given to the coastal area of Bodrum, because a touristic beach lines the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova facing the Greek Island Kos. Bodrum itself is a Aegean coastal town, and one of...
Posted on 03 July 2010
Turkey’s popular Aegean resort of Bodrum will benefit from increased accessibility from the UK, as UK low-cost carrier Jet2 has announced it will be flying once weekly to Bodrum from Manchester Airport starting June 23rd. Jet2 holidays are also offering packages built around the flights. Philip Meeson, the chief executive...
Posted on 03 June 2010
The pound is currently surging against the Turkish Lira. It has not gone below 1.45TRY in over a week now. That means that Turkish property is now fluctuating between 9% and 11% cheaper to British buyers than it was in April. Little wonder then that demand for Turkish property is...
Posted on 26 November 2009
