2012 was the year that I moved to Turkey. It was the year I learned what it meant to be an expat, leaving behind my home, friends and family in the UK to decamp to a foreign land. The end of this year provides me with a chance to evaluate my experiences and come up […]
“I get by with a little help from my friends,” sang the Beatles in 1967. It was true in Britain then and it’s true in Turkey now. It’s really important when moving abroad to make good friends; otherwise, it’s possible to feel quite lonely carving out your new life as an expat. Not only are […]
In this first of a series of articles aimed at giving advice to this new generation of expats, I will discuss the options available when it comes to that first, all important, question of finding somewhere to call home. Almost everyone coming to Turkey will be pleasantly surprised by the low rental prices here compared […]
Living in Turkey 