As a former chairman of FIG, having returned to the UK in 2015 for personal reasons, I was shocked and deeply saddened to read of Jill's untimely passing on this forum.
I feel compelled to pay a small tribute to Jill who provided so much support to myself and the whole of the FIG Committee during my tenure in office.
Jill was one of the very early members of FIG and helped establish what was then one of the first charities in Fethiye as long ago as January 2004.
From the very beginning Jill worked tirelessly to help establish Fethiye International Group as an organisation which could provide very real and meaningful help to children in and around the area whose needs were not being met by other means.
During the ensuing years these needs have been many and varied, ranging from educational to healthcare, student bursaries and even family respite when the need arose.
Throughout this entire period it seems the one constant has been Jill Erdogan. There has been no role within FIG that she wasn't prepared to undertake and on occasions, when volunteers were perhaps less than numerous, she seemed able to morph into several entities and take on a variety of posts simultaneously.
I know that some people may have cosidered this particular trait of Jill's to border on interference, but I can assure everyone that it was born only out of a burning desire to ensure the children (and their families) who needed the help of FIG were able to get it.
For myself I can only thank her for the help which she provided to me whilst I was chairman. Her knowledge of what was needed to be done in and around the area and more importantly how this could be achieved was invaluable.
With Jill's passing the the expat community will be deprived of an individual who always seemed able to put the needs of others before those of herself.
There is, I am sure, a generation of local children who although they may not have known her directly will be grateful for the help she has enabled to be provided to them, their schools and their families.
Thank you Jill and may you Rest In Peace.
Terry Harrop