Hi Cav and welcome to the forum,
For me the answer to your question has nothing to do with Calis and a lot to do with our personal circumstances. We had two lovely holidays to other resorts in Turkey 8 years ago, memories of these always stuck with us but we were unable to go on holiday abroad again for the next 7 years due to having two children and various health problems. After my daughter was born (now aged 3) she had a heart op at 2 weeks old and then due to complications stomach surgery as well. We almost lost her during that time but eventually she recovered. We then had to wait till she was big enough to have the full repair operation which took place when she was 2. (Various hospital admissions in the meantime)
After the last operation in July 2002, we were finally able to look forward to the future, nothing stopping us from going on holiday, and I wanted to take both children on a family holiday abroad. We chose Salou in Spain, BIG mistake lol. We did have a nice time, but it wasn't Turkey. I knew of Scunner from another site and got talking to him about buying in Calis, we knew we wanted to buy a property for an investment but also for our holidays too. I spoke to many other people on the forum and the rest is history. We are very proud owners of a lovely holiday home in Calis, which my kids have yet to see but will do in 11 days time. Nothing to do with a love of Calis, but after visiting in January, I know we did the right thing due to the people we met (all nationalities), the fantastic views, restaurants, the whole feel of the place despite the rain (and no knickers but that's another story!)