Author Topic: Cement Factory Urgent help required (Read 26187 times)

chris tippett · « **Reply #30 on:** February 29, 2008, 17:39:24 PM »

Reading this thread is pretty depressing stuff. I hate to say "I told you so" but I have been vilified by the majority on here over the past year for speaking, what I believe to be the truth. I reiterate - this matter will be decided by the Turks for good or bad in some smoke-filled room in Ankara or Mugla. Our influence, regretably, will be minimal. Anyone who has lived here for some time can see how the Turks think and behave. They have little or no regard for us 'foreigners' and see us as a 'meal ticket'. This is all so very predictable.

tinkerman · « **Reply #31 on:** February 29, 2008, 17:51:43 PM »

Whether I agree with your comments or not Chris is irrelivant, This is a highly emotive subject for a lot of people and they are trying to do something about it, they may succeed they may not, but they are trying.
I really do not see the need for you to continually posting your thoughts, we know where you stand you have made that perfectly clear in the past, so why not leave them to it?

Tinx

elaina · « **Reply #32 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:23:30 PM »

If people stop buying or showing any interest in Uzumlu then the estate agents and builders will lose money and that is the only way to get them to see sense - the Turks are money driven and would do anything for a fast buck - hit them where it hurts - in their pocket! Estate agents in the area have made a lot of money in a short space of time - I don't have a problem with that if they are honest and fair and now I think is the time for them to support us - the people who have invested money and helped them. Turkey is a big country, far bigger than England - there is no need for them to construct a cement factory so close to a tourist area. They cannot have their cake and eat it - they either want tourists and an ex-pat community or an industrial wasteland - the two do not go together. I can remember going through an area in Spain many years ago that was devastated by cement production. I still think publicity will help and the internet sure makes the world a very small place.

Scunner · « **Reply #33 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:31:52 PM »

quote:
Originally posted by elaina

the Turks are money driven and would do anything for a fast buck - hit them where it hurts - in their pocket!

Does that sweeping stereotypical racist remark include the local Turkish people who are also fighting the plan?

chris tippett · « **Reply #34 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:41:46 PM »

Tinkerman, this thread was started on 14 Feb and before today I had contributed just once - on 17 Feb. I hardly feel the evidence supports your remark that 'I do not see the need for you continually posting your thoughts'. Thank God for small mercies, at least you did not call me a git and tell me to 'bugger off'!

chris tippett · « **Reply #35 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:44:12 PM »

Scunner, please can you inform us exactly who are' the local Turkish people fighting the plan'?

elaina · « **Reply #36 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:51:29 PM »

Yes I too would like to know who is fighting the plan - it all seems to be shrouded in secrecy so there must be a cover up somewhere down the line. Openess and fairness - it's not much to ask is it.

Scunner · « **Reply #37 on:** February 29, 2008, 18:54:02 PM »

Well if it's a list of names you are looking for I am sorry to be so vague.

I guess I mean the Turkish people Fi refers to in her posts on the subject, who are against the project alongside the foreign ex-pats. I may have it wrong, perhaps there are no Turkish people in protest photographs in the local press holding placards, maybe I imagined it all.

elaina · « **Reply #38 on:** February 29, 2008, 19:06:42 PM »

Are there any Government officals who are supporting the cause or anyone else with some clout in the council. I have scoured the internet about this cement factory and there does not appear to be very much on there as yet apart from what has been mentioned in the forum and in the local English papers in Fethiye. It seems to be very muted and it seems wrong that people are still trying to flog property in an area where there is set to be destruction and devastation. There should be some kind of mechanism to alert people to what is going to happen if the plans have now been approved - as there would be here in the UK with land registry searches that would highlight this kind of thing. I for one would not be very happy if I went along to a property exhibition to end up signing up for a property and then find out about the cement factory - of couse the agents and builders would be laughing all the way to the bank at my expense. Honest and fair practice is not much to ask.

tinkerman · « **Reply #39 on:** February 29, 2008, 19:25:02 PM »

Elaina, let me put you in the picture before you embarass yourself further, Scunner is one of the Estate Agents you refer to he has his business in Calis, he is also attending the property exhibition in Manchester with his business.
Scunner also owns this website which is allowing this Thread on the cement factory to be debated and for you to make your comments for the world to see.

Tinx

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