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Offline BernieTeyze

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Dying in Turkey..
« on: June 18, 2013, 18:19:44 PM »
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Sorry for the question, but it,s all part of our decision to move or not.

If we did die in Turkey, do you have to be buried there, are there any cremation facilities..

Can you be buried there?

Can you have the body sent back home at what sort of cost?

If we got terminally ill, are there treatments available there?

Hope I havent upset anyone,
Thanks Bernie



Offline Scunner

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2013, 18:44:13 PM »
My advice is don't die in Turkey.

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2013, 18:47:17 PM »
Ok, i,ll be doing my best..err but..what happens if I do..

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2013, 18:56:18 PM »
Don't want to put you off your possible move Bernie but it is not a country I would like for that to happen in, I know for a fact there are no cancer or heart surgery treatments in the Calis Fetiyhe area you have to go to Antalya or somewhere else quite far away, this was a big shock to me to find this out in April this year,also it is a muslim country so they are bound to do things differently there, don't know about cremation out there I am sure someone with more knowledge will come along in a mo   :)

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2013, 19:03:30 PM »
Pertinent questions slikmrs, comes to us all eventually. Very brief answers to your questions:

Yes you can be buried here, most cemeteries have a foreigners section. No, as far as I know, you can't be cremated here. Yes, you can have a body repatriated for burial but I believe it is very expensive. As to terminal illness care, well there is an old peoples home in Fethiye but I don't know if they accept foreigners, and I guess the hospital care for the terminally ill would be the same as the UK, provided you have insurance or the funds to pay for it. Though as Karennina says you may have to go to one of the bigger cities for specialist care.

As Scunner says, try not to die here !!

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2013, 19:09:51 PM »
1. No there aren't any crematoria in Turkey.

2. You can be buried in Turkey. 2 or 3 of the cemetaries in the Fethiye area have sections set aside for foreigners.

3. Your body can be repatriated to the UK at a huge cost if your survivors so desire.

4. Although treatment for cancer is limited in Fethiye, the facilities in Antalya are as good as, if not better, than most European hospitals. Furthermore, most Turkish doctors have greater general skills than most European doctors. However, the downside is the costs that can be involved in the treatments and the travellling, and of course the difficulty encountered with translation of medical and technical language.


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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2013, 19:27:20 PM »
I wrote to The Fethiye Times some time ago asking if they could put together a guide similar to their get a residence permit or get your MOT etc.

They replied that because each Belediye ( in my innocence I thought that Fethiye Belediye was what it said on the tin) is different it would be too complicated ( couldn't be bothered) to write such an article.

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2013, 19:40:06 PM »
Most of the informative stuff printed in Fethiye Times is put together by individuals who have been through a particular procedure and have then submitted and article for publication. However they're right in saying that each Belediye has different ways in dealing with burials for foreigners.

I've attended funerals of expats in Kaya, Ovacik, Ciflik and Fethiye and each one was organised in a different way and by totally different departments of the relevant council.

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2013, 21:01:56 PM »
Food for thought then.. we are both in good health at the minute, but if this is going to be our forever home..
How long forever might be for either of us,who knows and would either of us want to stop out there on our own if the worst should happen.
Nice to know there are good facilities in Antalya, but then the costs of extra medical are another thing to consider..

Thanks for the responses, much appreciated.

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Re: Dying in Turkey..
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2013, 21:07:25 PM »
all very pertinent to those of us like you who are making similar plans. Thanks for asking brave questions!




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