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Bodrum Consulate on the Move!
28 December 2007
RESIDENTS in Altınkum looking to renew their passports at the British consulate in Bodrum may have a bit more searching to do.
The Consulate moved offices on Friday December 7 and are now located at
Cafer Paşa Caddesi, 2 Emsan Evleri No: 7, Bodrum. If you get lost you can always call the staff on 0252 3130021 or 0252 3130022 for details of how to find them. Or email them at honconbod2@superonline.com
You can siply reach going by car driving to Bodrum and take the left turning signposted ‘Şehir Merkezi’.
Follow the road to the harbour and drive along the harbour road and past all the yachts/boats, Marks & Spencer and retail outlets.
Towards the end of the harbour, the road then bends round to the right and goes up an incline. Coming down from the top, the road forks. Take the right fork and the Consulate building is a hundred metres down on the left, (no sign up yet), but it is to the right of the building housing Aegean Travel.
The consulate is now issuing 36 page biometric passports. This type of passport contains a microchip which stores the passport holder’s photo and other personal details contained within the passport.
The two photos provided to the Consulate must measure 35 x 45mm. The face in the photo must measure (from top of head to chin) no more than 34mm and no less than 29mm, on a white background.
Photos provided not meeting these specifications will be rejected. This is because the chip holds facial recognition information which maps various features on the face, for example, the distances between eyes, nose, mouth and ears.
The measurements are digitally coded and can therefore be used for comparison and verification purposes. The use of biometric information to link a person to a passport can help identify fraud.
The cost of a biometric passport is 325 YTL. Passports are usually ready to be collected within 10 workings days, although that they are generally being issued in 5 working days.
The article first appeared in Voices Newspaper.
Could Turkey be the new Spain?
28 December 2007
TURKEY is becoming increasingly popular with Brits buying abroad, with 17,000 homes now under UK ownership.
And with apartments costing as little as £20,000 and the sun shining for more than 300 days of the year, it’s easy to see why.
The trend shows no signs of letting up, with bargain hunters searching the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts for affordable places in golf and beach resorts.
And with massive investment in airports, hotels, marinas and tourist hotspots, some property experts are predicting Turkey could soon overtake Spain as Brits’ favourite spot for a holiday home.
The most popular area is the coastline between Kusadasi in the north and Alanya in the south-east, which includes the resorts of Bodrum, Marmaris and Izmir.
Michael Johns, of agents the Right Move Abroad, says: “Altinkum has the nicest beaches in Turkey and demand will only increase with two new golf courses planned in the area and a marina to be completed by 2009.”
There are also ambitious plans for Dalaman, including new golf and leisure resorts close to the airport.
One of the downsides of this popularity is that flights have been hard to find recently – although one of the major no-frills airlines is planning more routes to Turkey and a new international airport opens in Alanya next year.
Not everyone is talking up Turkey, however, and a few agents believe some resorts have the same problems as parts of Spain. There is already talk of oversupply in some areas, cheap-looking apartments and arrests of town officials for approving illegal planning permissions.
And when it comes to paying for your home, British buyers will find it far easier in Spain. Most who buy in Turkey either pay in cash or borrow from the equity on their UK home rather than take out a Turkish mortgage.
Things are set to get better, with a new mortgage law in Turkey opening the doors for British buyers to borrow money locally.
High prices on the Spanish Costas left Steve and Ann Jackson wondering where to buy a holiday villa… until friends told them to try Turkey.
“We’d never even thought of Turkey but when we got to Kusadasi we found the people really friendly and we loved the lifestyle,” says Ann. “It’s got a harbour, markets and one of the best sunsets I’ve seen.”
The article first appeared in the UK`s Sunday Mirror.
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