Firo, I am sure most of us do go into Fethiye on a fairly regular basis to do our 'weekly shop'. I certainly can't/don't buy all my provisions in the village simply because a lot of them aren't available. The locals are never going to refuse to serve you because you haven't got enough cash on you so how will it improve the economy?
Hamilton, I would disagree with you. there have been occasions, both here and in Fethiye, where the shopkeepers have trusted me enough to pay them later if I haven't got enough cash on me. It is a cash society but 'problem yok, yarin' seems the 'norm'.
The comparison between UK and here was that the transport system here is far better than UK but the banks don't pop an ATM into every village there! You will normally find ATM's in different districts in the UK towns.
Is this a case of not wanting to bother going to Fethiye or being disorganised? The Turks aren't bothered about ATM's in the village, seem quite happy to have wads of money on them and don't particularly trust the banks anyway.
Surely, if you want to live in a rural society you have to accept the inconveniences?[?]