I cannot understand for the life of me with all this giving short notice to sort it out, it is only 210 lira a month or if it was the full 2,500 lira you had to pay no one should have any problem of walking into a bank and paying it, if you have you should not be living in Turkey.
Brit expats in what ever country they more to somehow get it into their heads that they are the most important person in that country and that country should change for them.
You are a guest in a foreign country you choose to either go live or work there the people of that country did not beg you to come.
Maybe the people of Turkey enjoyed their lives and were maybe happier before we all moved in on them.
You have never had it so good, you bought cheap houses, hardly any tax to pay on them a year, good interest on your money, now if they brought the property tax in-line with the UK's Council Tax what would a lot of you do then, crime is low in most places, you can at least walk out without the fear of someone suddenly taking a liking to your mobile phone and stabbing you to get it, clean fresh air and a lot of history all over Turkey to go and see.
As for the medical insurance it is a good thing and a good step forward, I have been looking on line and a lot of the private health insurance does not cover for previous medical conditions well unless you pay through the nose for it.
People state well we do not live in Turkey full time only five or ten months here the rest in where ever they come from, so what are you going to do regarding a sudden serious accident if you have to stay in hospital for a few weeks or more, how are you going to pay for it, unless you take out medical insurance for the whole family to cover everything, which I am sure would be more expensive.
But you still think you should be able to just use the system as a pay as you go, what about the upkeep of all these hospitals and clinics don't you think you should be paying a bit towards the upkeep of them as well.
Also if you are only going to get a RP for a few months, which I believe will be stopped, a year will be the shortest if it is not already, how are you going to get a car, telephone and the rest that is required only if you have a RP, surely it is better to get a five year RP and pay the health insurance and just come and go as you please.
As for someone saying that they are not out of the UK for more then three months so they are still able to use the NHS, well surely flying back and forth four times a year with a family costs more then a RP and the health insurance combined and if the children are school age how can you do this.
Scunner has already said he liked Calis in 2002 better then 2012 so no doubt the Turkish people most likely think the same give us back our life as it was before they all descended on us, yes some have made money from you buying there but others haven't.
Turkey is not a small country, go visit the companies in Istanbul and Samson then see for yourself the money that is in the country and the wealth and the hospitality they give you when you visit them, not like the UK, yes a limousine to collect you from the airport to the best hotel there is booked and paid by them, looked after all the time you are there, wife's taking you out while your husband is doing business with the company,and I am not talking just about the big bosses wife's the workers wife's as well.
Turkey owes you nothing you owe Turkey for them letting you go over there and live and have a better life so shut up grumbling about every little thing they change and if I hear one more person say "Well this is Turkey" I will find it hard not to hit them.
And if you cannot afford to live and pay for any changes that come along you should not be living there in the first place.
