New teeth in Alanya?

Why not combine your holiday with getting fresh new teeth? Within one week you can have new crowns and a nice white smile! Prices from 120 €! For a complete price-list check under Health.

Turks prepare for Ramadan!

On Monday the fasting month begins! Meaning no eating nor drinking, not even water, while the sun is up for a period of 30 days. Here in Turkey it will be a tough month for those fasting because of the heat. Pregnant women, diabetic or those with heart- or blood-pressure problems are not fasting, or persons with other illness
where the doctors dissuades them to fast. There are also many people not fasting because of type of work.

Here in Alanya, as well as in whole Turkey, cities and municipalities are preparing food-packs to give away to the ones who are in need. The municipality of Alanya organises Iftar meal every day, the meal you have after sunset, which is free and attended to poor people. They will serve 350 meals every evening during the Ramadan.

In every city you can see this type of charity, either organised in restaurants or like in Istanbul in large tents where people are queueing for a delicious Iftar meal. There are also organisations in Turkey who will provide more than 50 countries with Iftar food.

If you are not fasting avoid drinking or eating in front of someone fasting during daytime. Just imagine if you were the one fasting under 40 degrees and are not even allowed water. Let's show respect for those who are following Ramadan!

The way the Turks do it! #1

In Europe when meeting new persons one of the (mostly) first questions are "what do you do for a living?". Here in Turkey people will ask, if you are Turkish, "where do you and your parents come from?" For the Turks it is very important where one comes from, also it could mean that maybe they are from the same area and therefore connected in a certain way. It might also mean that you will get advantages i.e. prices or faster help in certain matters.

In Turkey when you meet someone for the first time you normally just shake hands firmly. When getting more acquainted then you first shake the hand followed by a kiss on each cheek. This regardless of men and women. Men greeting other men usually just put their fore-heads together while men-women, women-women make the cheek-kiss. When greeting a significantly older person then you take that persons hand, kiss it and then bring it to your fore-head. This is a gesture of showing respect to the elder!

In rural areas though, especially in the east, a woman will not even shake the hand of a man. Women normally  have to sit in another room.

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Turkish natural viagra! Carob and its benefits!

Maybe you have heard of the St Johns Bread or also known as Carob. This legume grows in the south of Turkey from Antalya to Mersin and is made into a syrup called Pekmez in Turkish. It's a very healthy syrup containing lots of vitamins and minerals. It's recommended by doctors. One famous Prof. Dr. recommending it here in Turkey is Ibrahim Saraçoğlu.

Here are some of the benefits drinking this syrup:

• Lowers cholesterol and normalizes blood pressure
• Strengthens the heart 
• Increases sexual lust and the number of sperm
• Strengthens the body 
• Strengthens bones and teeth thanks to the hight amount of calcium (3 times more than milk) 
• Makes the gut work properly
• Beneficial for lung diseases 
• Keeps the body warm in cold climates
• Renews the blood

To buy or not to buy off-plan!

When wanting to buy off-plan there are many aspects to think about!

First of all is it a well-known constructor? Does the company have the solidity to construct and finish the project without the need of money from buyers. You can't know! But there are ways to check it up! History of the constructor, gossips (yes, that is a good way of finding out things), talking to previous buyers ETC.

Always be careful when buying off-plan. Constructor or the real estate office may tell you it'll be finished within a year or two! But the fact is that sometimes it might take 5 years or worst case not finished at all!

Would you like more advise before buying? Contact us!

Beware of scammers!

There are many foreigners who bought what they thought their dream-home in the sun, only to end up with nothing and lost all their savings! This is a sad but a true fact! Even though taking the scammers to court they have lost their case! This is not an easy situation to cope with. Therefore there are some things to think about before buying.

First of all please remember that it is the responsibility of the buyer to check up on the property! Even if you are buying from a real estate agency it is still your responsibility, unless you have stated in a notarised contract what the real estate should do.

Then what is there to think about? Here are some of it:

• Does the property have any debts connected to it
• Does the seller have any debts that are related to the property or that could be in case of a law-suite
• Is the title deed genuine, i.e. does it belong to the seller or are there others involved
• Is the building legally built and does the Tapu, title deed, state true facts
• Is the property in accordance to what have been advertised

And remember, it is the buyers market! No need to rush!

Today!

Weather is warm now but still not the heat that we will have in a short time. I guess that you who have found this site loves Alanya as much as we do, with it pros and cons. There is a bit for everyone here. A regular life as anywhere else in the world as well as the tourist life!

The sun is about to set and in a few minutes the imams will call out for evening prayer. Sundays here in Alanya is when the Turkish families go out for a picnic the whole day, now in summertime mostly to the mountains where the air is clean and fresh. While tourists spend their time on the beach working on their suntan!

Welcome to this site and we hope you will continue to follow us. There will be local news, new ads from property-/land-owners, tips on on-going things, health stuff and much more!

See you soon!