I have just watched the debate between Alistair Darling and Alex Salmond and to be honest, I would be far more worried if I lived in Scotlandshire about my money than I am living here in Fethiye. In six weeks time they face the prospect of having a currency controlled by a foreign country. We don't have that prospect here.
Burkas? are you serious? Just look at the reaction from Turkish women following the misguided comments about smiling recently. Look around yourself in Fethiye, can you possibly imagine our beautiful and well educated female population accepting such a move? I can't.
Alcohol? Of course RTE is against the stuff but hey, what the hell, even a child knows that prohibition doesn't work and causes more trouble than it's worth, let him double or quadruple the tax in which case I will decide what is and isn't acceptable. Let him ban it outright and I will laugh in his face as I raise a glass and find ever more ingenious ways of getting around the ban.
Exchange Rates? we are inevitably drawn to the lira v the pound, like many, we will take a serious 'hit' if we now change our lira back to GBP, but I've still got the same amount of lira I expect to see in my banks each month and as I'm not planning to make this currency exchange any time soon, why worry?
Finally, I have to agree with Linda, those of us receiving pensions in the main receive them in sterling, your old age government pension is also there as a back up and if you still retain UK property is a massive bonus but even if you don't, I wouldn't class the situation as a time to panic.
Everyone is of course entitled to their own opinion but I for one find it really sad to have followed the great excitement of people on here making what they regard as their 'dream move' to our little piece of paradise then only to be spooked about Burkas, Alcohol, exchange rates and especially smiling.
Keep calm and get yourself off to the market for your Sunday kebab is what I say.