Friends and neighbors of ours have just visited the belediye to pay the half year council tax and were presented with a bill for 866.00tl for so called road improvements.The so called improvements would appear to be the tar and gritting carried out earlier earlier in the year.They were told that if they paid by end of the year they would get a 25% discount.As they had the money to hand,thay paid on the spot.They asked if this levy applied to turkish people as well.The answer from the clerk was," they will pay a little"
! Interpret that as you will.
The people concerned live in a duplex,so the residents below will presumably receive a similar bill.Extending this thought,the people across the road will pay the same,so a piece of road no more than 10 metres will cost 3364.00tl to grit.
The somewhat bigger problem will be,that property owners not in residence will be posted a bill at the end of the year for the full amount.Apologies if this is in the wrong section,but I thought it would attract more attention more quickly.