Linda,
We chose Calis after consulting a friend of Jim's who has lived and worked in Turkey for a number of years. We kept coming up with places such as Altinkum, Marmaris, Kusudasi and others and not until we mentioned Calis did he actually say " it's nice there".
We wanted somewhere that does not resemble Blackpool or the Costas (no offence if you live or own a home there - it's just not our cup of tea) and yet still offered the potential do the things that we want to do on hoilday - like relax, sunbathe, shop (put that in for the missus) dive, water ski, windsurf, fish, paraglide etc etc - oh - and eat good food washed down with Efes!
In the end I suppose it is what type of place you want to holiday or live in. We chose Calis - and after finding this website we are more than happy with our choice.
Stoop