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e UK state pension is the worst in the developed world, according to data from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. As a percentage of average earnings, the UK government pays out 29 per cent, putting it at the bottom of a table which is led by the Netherlands, which pays...

Yesterday saw me reach another milestone which I never thought about when I moved out here all those years ago. I visited the SGK place in Manavgat 3 months ago to check out the contributions that had been paid in since I took my Turkish Citizenship back in 2000 as I've worked full-time ever...

For any one who either is, or who knows of a divorced lady who is on a state pension, this may be a useful piece of news. The old State pension made provision for divorcees by allowing a divorcing woman to use her husband's NI payment record if it gave her a higher pension. However, there are...

It appears that some women born before 1953 who have been given a 'Married Women's State Pension', which is paid when women either paid a lower NI rate, or never worked, or only worked for a few years, or part-time, MAY have been awarded a lower than correct State pension. Where a...

We have to install CCTV cameras in a graveyard. Surveillance cameras have been installed in Highgate cemetery to watch over the tomb of Karl Marx after it was vandalised twice this year. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/25/cctv-installed-at-karl-marx-grave-in-highgate-cemetery

hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/serkan-demirtas/turkys-postponed-social-problems-come-to-the-surface-148481 The storey is about 4 people from Istanbul 2 sisters and 2 brothers taking cyanide because of dept .

I received this leter today (3 months late) how are people living in Britain going to cope with this?

Does anyone have knowledge of property market this year. How Much a 2 bedroom 100 square meter Apartment in Tosmur ,in Alanya worth?

Spartacus, this Sunday at the Marmaris Amphitheatre, 2115 Tickets can be booked with Biletix online.

Well, after reading all of the fear based clap-trap on here about the apparent demise of Turkey, its Lira and its Theatres etc - most of which is based on the UK press - and we all know how balanced and honest they are.... I'm rather interested to see that there is no info about the ceasing of...

Hi. Can some please give me some information about the Devlet? I need to know if there is a yabanci service and if they have translators. Also has anyone been and had a good experience there? Can appointments be made by phone and is there a bus service. A lot I know but if someone could help...

I know that our nasty dirty war bores most members ...but the involvement of state once again asks the question who were the real terrorists? 'The place was crawling with nasty elements' … Alex Gibney on his film about a pub massacre...

What a sad state of affairs.... When a female MP who has championed the rights of women is forced to resign for speaking her mind in JC's selective PC world! A sad day for Women's rights a sad day for Democracy! "Jeremy Corbyn has forced one of his senior ministers to resign after she claimed...

Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally - BBC News Far Right march clashes with Antifa and other protestors. National Guard on standby.

ANKARA, June 24 (Bernama) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey will never allow the establishment of a state in northern Syria, said state-run Anadolu Agency on Saturday, "Nowadays, there is some negative progress in Syria. If that would cause any threat to our...

It will continue! The Turkish government has decided to extend a state of emergency for another three months upon the recommendation of the National Security Board (MGK), a day after a key referendum overhauling Turkey’s governance system was narrowly approved. “The state of emergency is not...

Please sign if you agree :flame: :love: "Donald Trump should be invited to make an official State Visit because he is the leader of a free world and U.K. is a country that supports free speech and does not believe that people that appose our point of view should be gagged."...

Re: Tax Back on State Pensions Hi, I've seen some posts on here that says you can claim tax on pensions (would that be state pensions by any chance) as we've lived here permanently for 5 years and have our pensions paid into our Turkish bank account! We have no connection whatsoever with the...

Jacob Rees Mogg MP Speaks on EU. Jacob Rees-Mogg explains why the EU is a failed state which is fundamentally undemocratic. He sets out some of the problems it has caused with its Common Agricultural Policy, Common Fisheries Policy, its Euro currency project and the Schengen agreement which...

Turkey’s top security body has recommended that the country’s ongoing state of emergency be extended, according to initial reports from a meeting in the Turkish capital. The National Security Council (MGK), which convened on Sept. 28 in Ankara under the chairmanship of President Recep...