Sea pollution ????

[stoop]

Stories never get 'made up' in Calis/Fethiye do they

I'm not saying Liz made anything up but stories here go round like Chinese whispers.

As for believing a local - why don't you believe one who has lived here all his life and runs a beach bar every single day?

[Colwyn]

If there was a fine it would be relevant to know when that was. The peculiar sea colour was reported on here on August 5th. Now I know that Turkey is a paragon of speed and efficiency in administration but, even so, for the coastguards to have detected it, determined the source and levied a fine in two weeks seems surprising. Perhaps a fine was raised during the building process and unconnected to present pollution concerns.

[Phil]

I am afraid that the history of Calis is littered with the debris of stories which have originated from the “word of locals” exchanged and passed on in bars, restaurants and cafes.

I think history will prove that this is another one of them.

( A wise man (who I think runs a forum) is reported to have said "When in Calis believe nothing, unless you have actually seen or witnessed it yourself. "  But I have never heard him say it - so it may not be true)

[KKOB]

Even by Turkish standards the figures mentioned for the fines seem pretty outlandish.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Stories never get 'made up' in Calis/Fethiye do they

I'm not saying Liz made anything up but stories here go round like Chinese whispers.

As for believing a local - why don't you believe one who has lived here all his life and runs a beach bar every single day?

Some would say that if someone ran a beach bar they would tell the tourists that everything is fine. I make no comment   

[Colwyn]

But he didn't say every thing is fine. Instead he said it was polluted with the discharge of sewage by boats.

[yabanci]

Link to the fine Jacqui?

The amount of fines were taken from an article published in the Sun Express free newspaper dated 3rd-9th August 2015.

[Colwyn]

Got to like a newspaper with a headline that says "Squirrels to Extinguish Fire" (Sun Express, 17 August 2015).

[Jacqui Harvey]

So, basically, if one newspaper has a frivolous headline, none of the other content is to be believed??  So that would mean most of the U.K. press at one time or another.

[Scunner]

Funny how often people tell us not to believe what you read in the press. Except when they are telling us not to believe what isn't in the press.