Archive for September, 2009
Romantic Things To Do In Olu Deniz
With crystal clear calm lagoons, white sandy beaches, and bright blue sky, holidays to Olu Deniz are the perfect choice for a romantic getaway. Here we will count down the top 5 romantic things to do on your Olu Deniz holiday. Getting Married on the Beach Sandy beaches, crystal clear blue skies, and shimmering turquoise [...]
Oludeniz Beach
Oludeniz or Olu Deniz is the most often seen turkish beach pictured in travel agents’ brochures. And with good reason. The golden, sun-drenched beaches, and deep-turquoise-blue sea are backed by beautiful mountain scenery. Oludeniz really is as good as it looks in the photos. From April to September there is practically no rain or clouds, [...]
Wedding in Oludeniz
If you want to hold a wedding in Turkey, you’ll be blessed with beautiful landscapes, stunning resorts and some of the most suitable luxury hotels in Europe. Learn more about choosing a location and a hotel, and where to go afterwards on your honeymoon. If you want to tie the knot abroad, there are few [...]
German teenager abused British girl
A Turkish court has given a German teenager a two-and-a-half-year suspended prison term for sexually abusing a 13-year-old British girl while they were both on holiday near Antalya. Marco Weiss, now 19, has already spent eight months in custody in a jail in the Mediterranean city of Antalya in 2007 on charges of sexually abusing [...]
Legal practice in Turkey
A long question from a colleague has been sent again with a note that the matter is now urgent. I am not sure that this is a common topic that will be of interest to Today’s Zaman readers, but this column is not solely designed to be the one with highest readership. The letter reads [...]
Islamic protest in Ramadan
BBC – Ten people have been arrested during a demonstration outside a mosque in north-west London where an anti-Islamic protest was planned. At least 1,000 people gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque as activists from Stop Islamification of Europe planned to demonstrate outside the mosque. Unite Against Fascism were also present to “defend the mosque”, they [...]
Police in Turkey have found a body
Police say a body has been found in Turkey where a Fylde coast grandfather went missing last month. Lancashire Police have confirmed the jandarma the Turkish police – have put out a statement saying a body has been found off the Lycian Way, where 67-year-old John Kirkham was walking when he disappeared on August 10. [...]
Fethiye Mayor and deputy stabbed
Fethiye’s mayor and his deputy were attacked and stabbed Wednesday. Both are stable and have no life-threatening injuries, the hospital’s chief physician said. Mayor Behçet Saatcı of the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, and deputy mayor Mehmet Yılmaz Cesur were attacked in the morning by Halit T., who was later taken into custody. The perpetrator [...]
Lycian Way in Turkey
Friends of missing Fylde coast grandfather John Kirkham have backed his wife’s suspicions he has been abducted. The experienced walker was a keen member of Wyre Ramblers and members say they find it “very difficult” to believe he is lost. Ramblers treasurer John Adams said: “He is a competent walker. He is a capable map-reader, [...]
Britons who travel abroad
Britons who travel abroad are often labelled as badly behaved and the reputation of travelling Brits was dealt another blow this week when a teenager from Cumbria exposed himself on a drunken night out. Thomas Strong, 19, not only decided to pull his shorts down in the popular holiday resort of Marmaris but he went [...]
