Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Introduce Yourself => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: sue mckenzie on November 07, 2005, 12:28:03 PM
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Hi my name is Sue,I have spent the last 5 years living in Bodrum and love the place but this year a very good friend of mine bought an apartment in Calis, and since visiting her I think next year there may be a move on the calender for me.
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Hi Sue,
Welcome - you will find that the people here are nearly all Calis lovers.
Never been to Bodrum (I think i have been to Marmaris many years ago) so have no idea what it is like. It is meant to be very busy & cosmopolitan - I think someone described it as the St Tropez of Turkey!
It would be nice to know what you like about Calis.
Have fun.
Lorraine
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Heya sue, whats it like in Bodrum? I have never been, we all love calis on this forum. I have lived in calis. Its a really lovely place!
Rach xx
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Hi Sue,
Calis/Fethiye is our favourite place in Turkey
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Hi Sue and welcome to the Forum. Fethiye is a working Turkish town unlike Bodrum which is centred on tourism. Sure we have tourism here but it tends to revolve round every day life which I personnaly love and it is now our permanent home. :)
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Hi Sue
Welcome to the forum. We have visited Bodrum a few times as part of a Gulet holiday - it was very lively!
lindi :)
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Hello Sue,
Welcome to the forum. I have been to Bodrum also, but prefer the Fethiye area.
All the best if you make a move this way.
Tel
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hello sue and welcome been to bodrum lots of times and is a great place,central for most places,turgeteris,yalikavak etc.but like you we went to calis for the first time last year and loved the place
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Hi Sue, welcome to the forum and best wishes for moving to Calis if that is what you decide.
Pete and Sue
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welcome to forum...
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Originally posted by lmaddy
Hi Sue,
urkey!
When I first visited Calis I expected it to be much more touristy and was prepared to hate it on sight,as I have done in the past when visiting Marmaris,Kusadasi,Altinkum.But I soon realized it was'nt like that at all,and that made it magic for me.I originally came to Turkey because I love the laid back way of life and Fethiye fills all my tick boxes.Tourism is there if you want it but if you don,t you can live your own life nice and peacefully.Thanks for the welcome x x x :)
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Hi Sue,
Your very good friend here, :) why dont you let every one know how you manage to spend 6 months in Turkey and 6 months in UK. I am sure everybody will be interested to know how you manage to do it finacially. As a lot of people on here are thinking of ways of getting out to Turkey either full or part time.
Love Norma
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Thanks Norma, well I decided to move to Turkey when I took redundancy about 6 yrs ago but after getting my place and enjoying my life for a couple of years,realized I could not live without earning, so started to return to the u.k.at end of October and was very lucky to get took on at Boots manufacturing near my home in notts,now all I do is email them of my flight arrival and normally start work the day after, or as in the case of this year straight from the airport. I earn enough to fund my life in the sun,only now after 6 years have decided to sell up here,realized that's what I want to do.But will still continue to work during the winter,the more I work the better my life will be out in Turkey.I'm probably one of the lucky ones,lots of my friends have to return to the u.k. and look for work,I'm welcomed back and work with people I know and like.Also have got a superb daughter that I stay with in Notts so have no bills of any kind,the only downside is everyone has to put up with me going on and on about Turkey,but that problem doesnt happen now at work since my boss bought an apartment in Fethiye.We actually practice our Turkish when we work.So will take this opportunity to say a BIG thankyou to Norma x x x x
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Hi I am so impressed!! Lots of us on here would probably like to take the bull by the horns and do something similar, which whould give you the best of both worlds. I have been tempted but am caught in the good conditions and pension trap and keep waiting for the right time. So good on you and long may your good fortune continue - by the way where do you live in Fethyie - Mary
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Sue, you lucky devil - there really are only a handful of people who can say they are truely happy with their lot. You clearly are one of them. Good for you and may your luck always contiue.
Perhaps this is the way forward job share for 6 months at a time. Anyone want to work in Shropshire and Staffordshire for 6 months for AstraZeneca?
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Hi Diane, I have done medical trials for astra zeneca in Notts, but they stopped using female volunteers,but I register for trials now with Pharmacutical profiles, the money is o.k. and if you got a good boss who lets you take time off you can earn holiday money that way.Sue
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Hi Mary, sorry as of now I still live in Bodrum,I have a lovely apartment with a (guzel manzara)beautiful view of the sea, but maybe next year might be moving, but am looking for an old house/apartment outside of Fethiye,maybe Ortaga or Gocek. :)