I live in Uzumlu but rarely use this forum and when I do it's usually charity based hence the late reply.
We moved here 18months ago from the Bodrum area, we moved here as where we lived (Turgutreis) got so busy and was too overcrowded for us. We don't live in the village we're a couple of kilometres out of the village. We have found the locals who live here very accepting of us, they are so friendly and always have time for a chat even when they are out herding their goats and sheep. There is more than enough for us to do in the village, we use all of the bars and restaurants and have been made welcome by the owners and the expats who frequent them. There are plenty of little markets open until late evening, we can even buy bacon and sausages here
There's a barber, a market and a taxi all owned by the same man Ramazan
I use the local hairdresser, the local pharmacy and post office as I try to support the village as much as possible, we did have a petrol station here until recently but unfortunately it's no longer open. There are lots of different groups in the village for you to get involved with, line dancing, animal charity, knitting and crocheting, walking, hiking, children's charity etc I support them al, when they have charity evenings but I don't feel I'm expected to go along but again get a lovely welcome from whoever is running the evening.
It's colder in the winter but we keep warm with our wood burner and oil filled radiators in the bathrooms.
We absolutely love living here its definitely the place for us and actually some of our friends from Bodrum who have also sold up and followed us down here
