Turkey
Stunning apartments along the Turquoise Coast in Turkey
Oceanwide Properties has announced the release of just nine apartments in a prime location in the much loved resort of Fethiye on the Mediterranean coast in Turkey.
Business man puts lifes savings into overseas property
John and Mary Watson live in Bingham, Nottinghamshire and recently John sold his photographic business. “I have always been prudent with my earnings and saved assiduously over the years but frankly the rates being paid to savers at the moment are so derisory I could see a better future in property investment abroad where we could secure capital growth plus the joy of a holiday home in the sunshine.”
Turkey to save the EU from economic disaster?
As Ireland is forced into a 90 billion euro bailout, fears mount that other peripheral nations involved in Europe’s debt crisis will not be far behind – Spain and Portugal the most-likely candidates. It is against this gloomy backdrop that Turkish State Minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis, boldly stated that Turkey was a “key country for the future of the European Union”. He may have a point.
Turkish property developer embraces ‘crowdsourcing’
Until the invasion of social media, aftersales was a full-time job for a property developer with clients posing individual queries and asking for personal updates. Today the ‘crowd’ is taking the strain and, thanks to the ‘Horizon Sky Owners’ FaceBook Group, both client and developer are now constantly in the picture.
Turkish developer tops OPP Awards for Excellence 2010
With no time for the trophy for ‘Best Development Turkey – Highly Commended’ in the International Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television to gather any dust, Horizon Sky was back in the limelight with a Gold Award for ‘Best Developer Turkey’ in the Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Awards for Excellence 2010.
Leading Turkish property developer opens arms to UK
Soyak, one of the largest residential real estate developer in Turkey is utilising Spot Blue, the expert Turkish agency, to bring their Istanbul developments to an international market.
Turkey's economy shows rapid growth
The Turkish General Directorate of Land Registry has released figures showing 32,000 UK buyers investing in Turkish property. "These figures are remarkable and very exciting for the future of Turkey and those who invest in her", says Suleyman Akbay of Oceanwide Properties, experts in Turkish homes.
Win for Bodrum’s Horizon Sky in International Property Awards
Having created without doubt the best and most talked about private beach resort in Turkey, the developers of Horizon Sky are thrilled to have been acknowledged with Best Development Turkey – Highly Commended in the International Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television.
As good times roll now only 38% of Turkish public want to join EU
Whilst the Turkish Government determinedly continues in its quest for EU accession, the public are rapidly going off the idea.
Turkey - Condé Nast Traveller Destination of the Year
Turkey has swept up the highly prestigious accolade of the Condé Nast Traveller's favourite country in the destination category at the 12th Annual Readers' Travel Awards on Wednesday night.
Real estate in Istanbul's western suburbs boosted by Metrobus
Real estate in the already burgeoning suburb of Beylikdüzü on the western side of Istanbul is set to receive a further boost with the announcement of a new Metrobus connection to the city centre.
Buyers find property purchase piece of cake in Turkey
Some Brits are put off buying abroad as it’s all a bit, well, ‘foreign’. Not known for our proficiency in foreign languages, coping with the official paperwork can seem a little too daunting. Not in Turkey’s Bodrum. Here the local bureaucracy is a piece of cake, as buyers at Horizon Sky beach resort can testify.
Turkey's newest marina boosts Istanbul's western suburbs
Istanbul's western suburbs are set to receive a further boost with the announcement of plans to build a new marina worth $16 million.
Istanbul's population set to soar to 15 million by 2023
Turkey's economic powerhouse, Istanbul, where a fifth of the population resides is one of the fastest growing megacities in the world.
Economic fortunes for neighbours Turkey and Greece poles apart
As next door neighbours they share a 260km-long border but the current fortunes of Turkey and Greece couldn’t be further apart. Greece’s national debt is bigger than its economy but, in contrast, experts have had to up growth forecasts for both Turkey’s GDP and tourism industry based on better-than-expected recent performance.