Category: National
Foreigners living in Turkey
I have realized that we use the word foreigner, in Turkish “yabanci,” a lot. I mean it. I don’t know how foreigners living in Turkey feel about this, but I would probably feel strange, if not foreign. An American friend was really affected by this word. It was like a running joke, and she didn’t [...]
Moving to Turkey
Moving to Turkey and you want to know all about this matter right now? I recently answered a question about transfer of property and explained conditions and procedures regarding the acquisition and transfer of property. Today, we have another question relating to property law and, in particular, obtaining a residence permit and loss of a [...]
Get ready for election in Turkey
Turkey is entering campaign season, with prospective deputies emerging and many public officials handing in their resignations as required by Turkish law to be able to run for Parliament. It is hoped that the political parties that have begun with their campaign promises will be able to fulfill them in the event of their coming [...]
Turkcell targets Germany
Turkey`s biggest mobile operator Turkcell now making move to Germany because many Turkish people lives in Germany and Turkcell wants to target 3.5m Turks in Germany with this move. It has formed a new subsidiary, Turkcell Europe, that will use Deutsche Telekom’s infrastructure to target all the Turks mainly. Turkcell is first Turkish company to [...]
Turkish tourism industry
The number of foreign tourist arrivals in Turkey is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 10% during 2011-2014, says RNCOS. According to our report “Turkey Tourism Industry Analysis”, Turkey is preparing itself to become the next European golf tourism hotspot with major expansion plans. Presently, Turkey has over a dozen 18-hole golf courses [...]
Chemical castration as punishment
Turkey’s AK Party has proposed legalizing chemical castration as punishment for repeat rapists or pedophiles in a wide-ranging overhaul of sex abuse laws, according to a draft seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The controversial proposal is part of a government-backed bill that foresees increased prison terms for sex offenses, especially against children. It was [...]
Legal basis of the ban
Mr. Berk Cektir,I regularly read your column in Today’s Zaman and am curious about a legal issue that me and many of my foreign colleagues here at the university have noticed: public bus drivers always smoking in the buses. We know of the recent smoking ban in public buses, public buildings, etc., but we see [...]
David Cameron sees Turkey
England aims to double its trade with Turkey until 2015, revealed the Trade White Paper, the major trade and investment strategy document of the British Government, Anadolu News Agency reported. The new Trade White Paper announced by the ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition of England emphasizes that trade and investment is key to growth and economic [...]
Turkish father and a foreign mother
This e-mail message was sent by a single parent: “Dear sir, I would like to ask some advice regarding my three-month-old daughter, I am a British citizen, my daughter is also a British citizen born in England but her father is Turkish and his name is on her English birth certificate. We recently separated (although [...]
Tunisia and Egypt Yemen
With everyone curious about how Turkey would react to public demonstrations taking place in Egypt seeking the resignation of long-entrenched President Hosni Mubarak, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took sides with the Egyptian public, calling on Mubarak to heed the call of the Egyptian people. Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group meeting earlier this week, [...]
