Category: Opinion
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Article 35 of the Land Registry Law outlines the legal framework for the acquisition of real estate in Turkey by foreign nationals. In case a foreigner wants to own property in Turkey, the first condition to apply is the reciprocity rule. Reciprocity basically means granting the same rights to the citizens of a country as [...]
Away from the markets’ fixation with the debts of Greece and other governments, concern is growing at the painfully slow progress Europe is making in tackling a much bigger mountain of corporate and household debt. With austerity pointing to weak growth if not outright recession, the risk is that the burden of servicing the debt [...]
Nicolas Steno 374rd birthday has been celebrated by Google Doodle logo and interesting logo is now online on Google because he (11 January 1638 – 25 November 1686) was a Danish pioneer in both anatomy and geology. By 1659 he had decided not to accept anything simply written in a book, resolving instead to do [...]
I recently received the following question: “I am getting married to a Turk soon. I am a foreign citizen and a resident of Turkey. I have been told that I needed to get my birth certificate translated into Turkish, which I have done. I have also been told that the Turkish authorities might need other [...]
While recent figures at OGC indicate an expected seasonal decline in buying overseas in general, in terms of interest New Zealand and Australia are showing the strongest resilience to bucking the trend. This is being driven by Brits wanting to escape the miserable economic climate and lack of job opportunities in the UK and Europe, [...]
In a world of economic uncertainty and fluctuating markets, investor decisions have become increasingly fragile particularly in the property sector. Now we are in 2012, it is important to look upon current trends and utilise market knowledge to assess this year’s global property market. In this exclusive video, co-founders of Property Frontiers David Cox and [...]
On the night of Dec. 28 air force bombing killed 35 civilians about to enter Turkey from the Iraqi border together with their mules carrying cigarettes and diesel oil. Most of the dead were kids under the age of 18, and 29 of them belonged to a single extended family. It was soon established that the [...]
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On Dec. 15, 2011, a highly awaited piece of legislation, the Bill Amending Law on Military Service No. 1111, was enacted. This law allows men who were born before Jan. 1, 1983, and who have not yet completed their compulsory military service to opt to pay TL 30,000 instead. Because many people are interested and [...]
World’s first triple limb transplant
A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world’s first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and one leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said. At the same time, a team of doctors at Akdeniz University Hospital, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, transplanted the face of the same donor onto another [...]
One of the fat-soluble vitamins, vitamin D constitutes two major forms which are vitamin D2 or ergocalciferol and vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol. Vitamin D2 is synthesised by plants whilst vitamin D3 is synthesised by the body. Vitamin D is naturally present in a number of food sources and dietary supplements, and is also manufactured with [...]
If you love eggs and omlette style lunch or quick meals this is for you because its love calorie and tasty and good for you. You can cut calories by using only egg whites (17 calories each) instead of whole eggs (about 70 calories each). We actually prefer the taste of using only egg whites. [...]
Kebab ( or kabab, kabob, kebap) is a wide variety of meat dishes originating in Persia and later on adopted by the Middle East, Turkey and Asia Minor, and now found worldwide. In North American English, kebab with no qualification generally refers more specifically to shish kebab served on the skewer. In the Middle East, [...]