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adavidwatson · Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 28 Location: USA

How do you guys manage your banking there?

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

Generally, we use banks. They are good for banking.

What exactly do you want to know?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Having no money and no work permit also helps.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

I work for magic beans.

I plant them.

One day, they will grow.

bigbadsuzie · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:39 am Post subject:

Its ok ,we don't mind pretty pointless and vague posts like yours .We get them all the time from the land of the free and the home of the brave .Must be all that great education you get over there that makes you do it ! Silly t.w.a.t !

SweetOne · Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 109

It would seem, from reading some of the responses you have recieved, that many of the people on this forum are here way too often and have gotten a bid hard-hearted.

So, in answer to your question: While some of us are paid in beans and subsequently plant them, some of us have gone to a bank and asked nicely to open an account. In my case, I asked a friend to go with me (at the time, I hadn't enough Turkish to navigate my way through the basic requests) and opened a normal savings account. It was simple as pie. I deposited 100 Turkish Lira and that was that. I needed to show my passport and nothing else. Some banks require a residence permit, others don't. The one I use and would suggest to anyone who wants to open an account is GarantiBank. I tried HSBC but got the run-around and eventually walked out.

Good luck and pm me if you have any more questions.

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject:

Fancy a chocolate biscuit, Baba?

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject:

I certainly do, Baba, esp if you put them in Garanti bank's fixed-term saving accounts-- you get 14% a month these days! Great sprouting comes from great inflation and unstable currencies!

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

yaramaz · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:54 pm Post subject:

Golly gee, Baba! It's Garanti bank! What? You only bank at Akbank? Oh, what a pity! Oh, what a bank!

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Golightly · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:

what a total banker.
sorry, the phrase is amusing.
I'm drunk.
and it's not even 2.15 yet.