Hi Elli a warm welcome from turkey.
You have come to the right place for tips and advice, this site is full of them, interesting helpful and amusing you have the lot. You say that you will be wanting to change your life, well this part of turkey is the place to do just that. you can be as sociable as needs call or alone to collect your thoughts (maybe for your poetry). The people of all nationalities are warm friendly and inviting.
Our friend has been out to visit us twice since October and has fallen in love with the place so much is looking to purchase a property, and luckily for him he has a very nosey friend in me as i am villa searching for him camera in hand and going home to write long emails discribing location state of property resale, new, off plan etc.... I am enjoying doing this hubby thinks that i am a frustrated estate agent, told him no just nosey.
When we came to Turkey on summer holiday we always wanted marble floors and stairs, however, as much as we loved them we rented a property in January February with both and were very cold as the marble soon lost the heat. we have since purchased a house with wooden floors and stairs and central heating and are warm as toast, yet still cool in the hot hot summer; therefore speaking through my personal experience and preference this is my ideal.
I hope that you get sorted and start planning your new life in Turkey you won't go wrong as long as you ask questions and read the site.
WELCOME.
