A mobile phone problem can be more than just an inconvenience when you are travelling. If your phone stops working, the screen is damaged, the battery fails, or you have another problem that needs an expert to look at it, you may need help quickly. And if you are visiting […]
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There are plenty of things a tourist can postpone. One thing is rather harder to postpone. Nature calls. If you are exploring Edirne and need a public toilet, here are the locations we have been able to identify, particularly around the historic centre and the city’s main visitor areas. Public […]
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There are plenty of things a tourist can do without. They can skip a museum, miss an attraction, postpone shopping or change their lunch plans. But there is one thing that is rather harder to postpone: Nature calls. It is an ordinary fact of travelling, but it raises a surprisingly […]
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Turkey is changing the way practical driving tests are conducted. The fixed routes that have been used for years, where candidates could become familiar with and effectively memorise the examination course, are gradually being replaced by a new system known as the free-route driving test. Under the new system, candidates […]
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Turkish people are generally curious about foreigners. When they get the chance, they often enjoy getting to know them, talking about where they come from, what brought them to Turkey, what they think of the country and what life is like back home. Most differences in behaviour are accepted for […]
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90 yaşındaki bir insan, temel haklarına erişebilmek için akıllı telefon kullanmak zorundaysa, buna gelişmiş bir toplum diyebilir miyiz? Teknolojik olarak gelişmiş olabiliriz. Peki ya medeni açıdan? 2026 yılında artık her şey bir uygulama, bir şifre, bir doğrulama kodu veya bir internet portalı haline gelmiş durumda. Doktordan randevu almak için uygulama […]
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Yıllardır çoğumuz hangi arama motorunu kullandığımızı düşünmüyoruz. Google’da arıyoruz. Çünkü herkes Google’ı kullanıyor. Ama belki de daha basit bir soru sormanın zamanı geldi: Google bize gerçekten aradığımız cevabı her zaman veriyor mu? Microsoft Bing arama motoru bu nedenle biraz daha fazla ilgiyi hak ediyor. Mesele Google’ın yerini Bing’in alması değil […]
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Every country changes its laws, regulations and administrative procedures. For foreigners living in, working in, buying property in or planning a future in Turkey, however, the difficulty is sometimes not the change itself. It is keeping up with the change. A new rule may arrive with little notice. Information may […]
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One of the easiest ways to misunderstand Turkey is to assume that everyone follows the same rules about privacy, politeness, personal space and social behaviour. A Turkish person may say something surprisingly direct. Someone may offer advice you did not ask for. An older person may correct you. A stranger […]
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If you come to Turkey as a foreign visitor, some of the things that surprise you may not be the spectacular ones. You probably expect mosques, bazaars, Turkish coffee, kebabs and tea. What you may not expect are the small things that happen every day. A stranger may offer you […]
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Turkish is undoubtedly one of the most interesting languages to discover. To Western ears, it may sound unfamiliar at first, but that is also part of its attraction. Sometimes a single Turkish word can reveal an entire way of expressing human relationships. Hatır is one of those words. It is […]
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If you spend any time in Turkey, you will probably notice it sooner or later: tea is everywhere. But before asking why Turkish people drink so much of it, there is something important to know about Turkey. Turkey is a tea-producing country. Tea is grown commercially in the Eastern Black […]
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