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Muffin
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
Location: Turkey
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Hi
I am not Woland, but I have been living in Turkey since leaving Korea.
Firstly, holidaying in Turkey is rather different to living there full time. There are certain frustrations that arise with the culture and general Mediterranean quirkiness. That said, it is a beautiful country with lots to see and the people are very kind.
Davesesl Turkish site has some friendly and helpful posters (although fewer in number than here).
Also try Mymerhaba.com which is a general ex-pat website. Some useful information there although some spiteful psychos post sometimes.
Most foreigners teach English although you could try opening some sort of business if you could find a Turkish business partner. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Muffin wrote: |
Hi
I am not Woland, but I have been living in Turkey since leaving Korea.
Firstly, holidaying in Turkey is rather different to living there full time. There are certain frustrations that arise with the culture and general Mediterranean quirkiness. That said, it is a beautiful country with lots to see and the people are very kind.
Davesesl Turkish site has some friendly and helpful posters (although fewer in number than here).
Also try Mymerhaba.com which is a general ex-pat website. Some useful information there although some spiteful psychos post sometimes.
Most foreigners teach English although you could try opening some sort of business if you could find a Turkish business partner. |
Thank you  Mymerhaba seems like a useful general site. |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| Woland, I'm back from the trip. Whoa, I can't get over it. Now I'm even half-seriously thinking of having an expat life in Turkey, haha. Could you share what you've been doing in Turkey for many years if it's not too personal? Do you know any good English-speaking expat-in-Turkey forum sites? |
I'm glad you liked the trip, doggyji. It is a great place. What did you like about it?
Muffin has given you the best sites for getting into Turkey.
I worked in teacher education at two different universities. On my recent trip back I started negotiations with three universities regarding positions to return next year.
A Turkish partner is really a necessity for starting a business there. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Woland wrote: |
I'm glad you liked the trip, doggyji. It is a great place. What did you like about it?
Muffin has given you the best sites for getting into Turkey.
I worked in teacher education at two different universities. On my recent trip back I started negotiations with three universities regarding positions to return next year.
A Turkish partner is really a necessity for starting a business there. |
I liked the food, beach, historical sites and the people I personally met. I will probably visit Turkey again in a few years. |
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casper5
Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Oregon
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| I am just wondering what a tourist is expected to do in an Islamic country when the imam issues one of the daily calls to prayer. Is it expected for non-Muslims to show some sort of respect or observance? |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| I am just wondering what a tourist is expected to do in an Islamic country when the imam issues one of the daily calls to prayer. Is it expected for non-Muslims to show some sort of respect or observance? |
Just go about your daily business. Calls to prayer are all day and its only the Friday prayer which is really important. Thats as far as I know. Turkey is secular anyway and nearly all all of the other Muslim countries are multi-faith or secular so its not like everyone is swarming to mosque. Basically it doesn't really affect you. I don't know about travelling in Saudi but most of the places in the Middle East I have been its just a bit of beautiful background noise. |
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Don Mario
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: Go to Turkey! |
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I went there in August 2008.
Had a great time. Reminded me of
Mexico in some ways: the rugged countryside,
the reasonable prices, a rough-and-tumble
personality of the locals.
Get off the beaten path, go to the smaller towns
and have a blast. Great food, fantastic
places to visit, and even though it
is Muslim, you can drink beer and Raki. Yeah!
Teashegur ari deer um!
DM |
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