How did you manage to find Fethiye

[Ian]

I know this has been done before but it is always interesting to hear how people's individual journeys brought them to this wonderful far flung corner of the planet.

We were in a "2nd time around relationship" and Gill wasn't making any / much pension provision but she loved the sun so I devised a cunning plan and asked her if she fancied buying a home in the sun! Of course we would have to "share" the cost / payments.

We initially booked to go to N Cyprus as it looked very good value - but by the time we were nearly due to fly out for a 10 day holiday to view some apartments in Girne - I had read up on the politics and didn't fancy it at all - believe it or not on moral grounds.

So out of desperation I started to look at Turkey as we could "nip over" for 3 days from N Cyprus and look at some other options and I didn't want the holiday to be a total waste of time but I didn't really expect to be impressed!

We saw Interturk Estates on the Internet - exchanged a few e-mails with Cenk and he arranged to meet us in Fethiye at the Otogar as we flew into Turkey via Antalya from N Cyprus.

We arrived at the "old Otogar" at about 11pm - waiting for Cenk's driver - surrounded by what we thought were lots of dodgy characters and Gill said "I don't like this place".

We were picked up 20 mins later - taken to Camelia Apartments - woke up the next morning - got collected by Cenk and fell in love with the place within 12 hours - it just felt so right.

When we told our friends - they thought we were mad - Turkey - "they are not like us you know - and they are Muslims !!!!"

I proposed to Gill under Niagara Falls 3 weeks later and married her in Fethiye harbor in 2008 - (as she now had some pension provision planning in place)

8 years on  - it has been such a great adventure and Gill makes no secret of telling everyone when we go back to our house in the UK - "this is not home - Turkey is home!"

It has it's faults but we would not want to be anywhere else but I am amazed that we ended up here :-)

[Scunner]

We had holidayed in Turkey and thought about buying a holiday home abroad and Turkey seemed to tick all the boxes. I had never ever heard of Calis. At that time there was nothing about it on the internet either. To cut a very long story short, I got fed up of property websites that never changed or updated, and of emails being totally ignored. Then I found one where you got an answer back almost straight away.

In a nutshell, I found Calis simply because it was the only place that had an agent who seemed interested. Could have been anywhere in Turkey but Calis it was.

[badger]

After looking at Spain (out of our price range) France and Bulgaria our friend mentioned people she worked with had a property in Fethiye.  We had been to Icemeler and Bitez and enjoyed our holidays there so it made sense to look at the Fethiye area.

On line I came across Agents T....... N arranged to fly out and stay at the Forum bar attached to the agency. Viewings with them and another agent resulted in meeting the man himself, Keith 
Finally deciding to buy off plan on Lemon 4 which was nothing more than a overgrown plot of land with a goat grazing in the corner and an old sofa. 

Our dream began and after 8 years we still feel the pull of Calis and have made many new friends making our holidays even more enjoyable

[Highlander]

To be fair badger you could have moved the goat and old sofa instead of building round them.  

[kevin3]

Came out one June for one of my daughters wedding in Hisaronu. Had never been before
so didn't know what to expect. Fell in love with the place, surroundings and the local people.
Came out in the September for a holiday/property search and looked at lots of properties.
Spotted "the one"for us but kept looking.Following "insider" advice we came out mid November
on a Nicholas Homes buying trip and haggled a good deal.Paid a deposit and put the balance in
a Turkish bank.Came out the following April on a Nicholas paid buying trip (did our own buying)
and had made enough on the interest to furnish the place completely.Got the Tapu and for us
it has all been a good experience.I still love the place      

[Highlander]

And the area has, and continues to benefitted from your good experience kevin3.

[faymoore]

Sue and I had been to Turkey previously to Marmaris and also Olu Deniz.
We then spent many years travelling to the Algarve, eventually looking for a holiday home there.

Realised 5 years ago that it would be to expensive to purchase there and purely by chance Sues brother suggested Turkey for a purchase....

Before we knew we had a property in Uzumlu which we absolutely love.
We also enjoy visiting, Calis, Olu Deniz, Ovacik and of course Fethiye.

Sues brother is sadly, no longer with us....this makes us even more determined to enjoy what we have while we are able.

Dave.

[Ian]

The Algarve to Uzumlu - massive change of direction.

Price was a factor for us - I would have more than likely chosen a Greek Island like Skiathos but still amazed that we found Fethiye by chance - or was it fate?

I spent 3 years going to night school classes once we bought to get a little more familiar with the language - not so impressive as I did the Beginners course once and the Intermediate twice!!

Got married here - spend most of my life planning what to do next here - home improvements - trips to different parts of the country - budgeting etc. And  of course endless hours on CBF :-)

How did we ever manage without it :-)

[Ian]

Badger - is it true you still have the sofa :-)

I am delighted to live near you in Fethiye as we couldn't possibly afford to "down South" where we would be lucky to part exchange our Northern home for a bus shelter :-)

[quackers]

Just wanted to retıre abroad. Never been to Turkey before so decıded to have a holıday. Frıends at work were marrıed to Turkısh men and said look at Fethiye/Calıs as they knew I dont do mountaıns. We took  a day trıp to Fethiye and got on the water taxı to Calıs and that sold ıt for me. After another buyıng holıday in Calıs and 6months later we were here wıth the help of Scunner and Cenk.After nearly 7 years stıll love ıt.