I wonder if people see the difference between WESTERNISING and MODERNISING? Progress happens, ex-pats/holiday home buyers or not. Why call it "westernising"? Can you really argue that old and quaint is Eastern and modern is western? A flash new bar isn't evidence of progress, it's evidence of westernisation? Absolute nonsense.
Maybe those who want to resist progress should have bought knackered old village houses and sympathetically restored them. A big five bedroom villa with beautiful blue pool and uPVC double glazing etc is totally acceptable but selling cocktails in a wine bar shows the decay of good old village life.
It's the same flawed argument as when those who dread the arrival of something like a MacDonalds in Fethiye. It is argued that it shows pandering to the wishes and needs of non-nationals, whereas the truth is that nobody cares to consider that TURKISH people may want this 'progress' too - OK for Brits in London but not for Turkish folk in their country.
I suppose some will resist any change that modern life brings to the area (apart from within their own private property borders of course, that's not up for debate) - and for those people, it's a real shame that you can't live in an old rock tomb and chase wild boar with home made spears.
Progress in Turkey will happen to some extent whether Brits live in an area or not. Resisting it can be seen as meddling, and I for one tend to agree with that. Much respect to those who chose a simpler life in Turkey, but if you think you can take the batteries out of someone else's clock, you may find they won't like it.