To put you all in the picture. When Val opened her bar 20 odd years ago for reasons private to her the bar was put in her landlords name. Val ran the bar from then on and paid all her bills and this March paid her licenses as she has done each and every year. Unfortunately her landlord died a few weeks later and as Turkish law requires the licenses to be in the owners name, Val was given no choice but to pay for the licenses again and have them put into her name which is very expensive,especially when she had paid them just weeks earlier. Due to the uncertainty of what is happening to the buildings opposite the square,which no one knows yet what is happening and when, Val decided to not to renew them. She wasn't turfed out of her bar and it was entirely her own decision to put things on hold. The bar is still hers, she is still paying the rent for it,and if she decided to pay for the licenses to be amended then she could operate again. Val wasn't turfed out of her apartment and has never been homeless as some people have suggested...she lives most of the time in her other home and has for years . The apartment above the bar was wanted by a relative and Val was given notice to quit in the normal way. Dont write her off...I half expect her to open up in the near future. Hope this clarifies things Regards Ian
