Moving to Turkey, tips please!!?

i went to turkey 2 years ago its really good and youll really enjoy it ! P.S thankyou means = tesherkuraderum try looking the language up on the internet hope this helps x

Hi, I am English and have lived near Antalya Turkey for 2 and a half years with a Turkish Partner. Firstly you can not work here, its it very very difficult to get a working permit/visa unless you are a Trained English teacher. Companies have to pay for the working visa you see, so they think why would they pay for a visa when a Turkish person can do the job just as well without them forking out money for visas. So narrowing it down to just one job were a English person who speaks fluent English would be considered for a working visa - A qualified English Teacher. Ofcourse you will be offered jobs in shops real estates etc, however its ilegal and there are many people i know you have risked it and have been deported with a red stamp in there passport and can not return to Turkey for a minimum of 5 years, then having to apply for permission to be able to return for Turkey with no garrentee that you will be allowed. So really honestly its not worth the hassle especially if your partner has said you dont need to work, however if you are like me you will miss your independance. There is another option, you can start your own business with a Turkish person and work for your own company legally without needing a visa, im not sure on the details however i know a lot of English in my area who have got round it that way. You mentioned after a tourist visa its easy and you can get a working visa at the police station, but unfortunatly thats not true you can take a residency visa at the police station which is very easy but as i explained its very difficult to get a working permit. With marriage, you can take duel nationality therefore you keep your British passport too and have the best of boths worlds. Sorry to be the bearer of the bad news, but from my experience i had all of this when i came to Turkey nearly 3 years ago. Good luck with everything....do you know which area you are going as yet?

These links will help you, take a look: http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/questio.htm http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/work_visa.htm http://www.turkishembassy.com/II/K/visa_requirements.htm http://www.mymerhaba.com/ This is an expat community web portal http://www.learningturkish.org/ http://www.tomer.ankara.edu.tr/english/

i can suggest some forums for you www.mymerhaba.com www.kusadasi.biz both have useful information about anything you need to know about living here

It is very difficult to get a work permit in Turkey and legally you should get a residenfs permit if you are not a tourist.

In my personal experience, I married a Turk and we live in Fethiye and we have two kids now. I have lived here for 8 years now and we have been together for 13 years. You really, really should learn Turkish - if you dont, you will find frustration creeping into your life quite quickly. My Turkish isnt perfect but I still get frustrated. Even if you marry him, you will always be considered the 'english girl'. I have a wide group of english women that I know in the same boat as me and they will always say the same. I find it hard living here, but there are pros and cons to it all. The education system here for children is the most frustrating part of it all personally. When you do live here, please, please make English (and Turkish) close friends - you will need them to stop yourself going crazy. If you have any other questions, my email is [email protected] Good Luck in your journey.

Some companies actually think its cool that you got an education in another country.. If you cant do your own job, then become an english teacher. They pay you a lot in private schools just so that kids hear an accent other than turkish accent.. :)

Hi Joanne. My husband is from Kahramanmaras and at the moment we're in the process of tryting to buy some land to build our house there, whereabouts does your boyfriend live? Check out the Turkish embassy website, that should give you all the info you need to know. Take care and good luck with the move - maybe we can meet for cay when we're there and your visiting the parents!!

Turkey is a great place and you are on an exciting adventure. You are not easily going to find work in Turkey, I don't know as much about living in Adana but it is possible to work legally in whatever you hold a degreee in. If you are determined to work you could tutor ESL there is a large demand for that and as a Native Speaker of English people will seek you out. You could volunteer to teach ESL (English as a second languge) now and come with some experience. You Brits have the best ESL books and literature so bring what you think you might need. Word of warning, Adana gets very hot in the summer. You probably will not be used to be cold all the time the winter and hot all the time in the summer but heat and air are used gingerly. You can get by for quite a while on English but it will help to learn Turkish which sounds like baby talk to the English speaking ear at first. This is because of something called vowel harmony which causes the suffixes of words to change to match stem vowel. Study some basic words that you can find in any quickie travel guide like in flight Turkish and spend the bulk of your time understanding the grammar. The grammar is unintuitive but understandable and once it is mastered the language becomes much easier to pick up, since Turkish Latinized late nearly all the words are spelled like they sound. The hardest after grammar is hearing and hearing is much improved if you know the grammar and can recognize the stems of words. So if you get grammar and simple dialogue out of the way before you go you will be in a great position to be a fast learner. Learn to pronounce the alphabet so that you know "ç" sounds like "ch" then focus on simple words and phrases and especially grammar. As you adapt to life in Turkey you'll notice language is situational and that each thing you do will become a mini adventure in language so that a visit to the dentist and a hair cut will be challenging even after you are comfortable speaking Turkish most of the time. The best English-Turkish dictionary is made by Langenscheidt's. "Teach yourself Turkish" is fine for prepping for life in Turkey and their description of Grammar is pretty good. Once you get the hang of that it stays with you. I don't know the duration of an EU Visa but an American one is three months, be aware of when that Visa expires and head over to Greece when you need to. You can probably find a bus to take you where you want but I'd opt for the Airline, they are good these days. Do be prepared to live without working for a while but learning a new culture will be absorbing at first. Bring books you like but don't bring the classics because you can find those in every used bookstore. Turkish people are very friendly and you are in for a great adventure! You can find British style food in all the tourist traps including Chicken Curry. As for Turkish food, most things you have to eat three times before you know if you like it. Good luck!