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Just over a year ago I flew back from Izmir via Munich to Heathrow with Lufthansa. At Izmir I purchased a litre of Brandy and a litre of Vodka at the duty free. On arrival at Munich I was told that I was not able to carry it onto my next flight as the goods were bought in a non-EU country. I...

Can a simcard be bought near Gazipaza Airport after 6pm?

Good morning: Would like to hear from members who have purchased things from outlets in UK, E Bay or Amazon and had it shipped to Turkey. I am not interested in major purchases - just minor stuff under a few hundred pounds and books. Was there any particular trouble with customs or other...

The process involved in sale of homes to foreigners in Turkey is still full of problems for all sides. Various bureaucratic barriers and security investigations that take a long time are turning out to be quite expensive for Turkey in the end. The fact that permission often takes six months to...

Source: Turkish Press The revival in real estate sector continues. In the first nine months of 2005, in 15 cities including Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, 572,000 real estates worth of 25.8 quadrillion liras were sold. The money allocated to buy houses increased by 170 percent in 2005 when...

Boy did I learn the hard way on this one. The missus always insisted I look after the guarantee that accompanied anything we bought. I never understood why, afterall I had the receipt or bill of purchase for most items. How stupid did I feel later when we needed service. Its not like the UK...

I found this web page with some very useful information regarding buying property in Turkey. Very easy to read. http://www.turkisheconomy.org.uk/index.html

we bought our villa from a company called turkish connextions headed by somebody calling himself sir geoffry hibberd we were more than happy with the deal & service but we paid for the property in october last year & uptil now havent recieved the deeds the worrying thing is that everytime we...