info from those who have made the big move

[Karen06]

Hi my name's karen,
im looking into moving to Turkey in the future and would like to hear from those who have already done it, to hear their views.

cheers
karen

[puma]

hi and welcome karen lots of members on here have made the move ,so you should be able to get lots of info

[Karen06]

Can anyone tell me who's moved with children,how well their kids have settled in the schools and whether the turkish kids welcome them.

karen

[tribalelder]

Hi Karen and a warm welcome to the Forum.  Whilst we did not move with children, coming to live here in Fethiye was the best thing we have ever done. No regrets whatsoever.  Would we go back?  Not if I can help it!  Log on to www.fethiyetimes.org.uk there was an article on schooling a few days ago.

[gt]

hi karen welcome and good luck with the future
i would imagine the younger they are (primary school)they should find it a little easier than the older kids,once you reach a certain age it becomes incresingly harder to pick up the lessons

[Karen06]

Hi thanks to those members who have given me some infor.I just seem to have so many questions at the moment about moving there.We have been going to hisaronu now for about 7yrs  and bought a 3brm apartment there 18months ago,so you can see that we love it but it must be different living there.
Reading through some of the other forums i  was a bit dissapointed to read how some of the english women were frightened by Turkish men following them and by kerb crawling especially during the winter months.
If we eventualy moved to Turkey it would be so that we would have a better life style and that we all could go out especially my sons without having the fear that we have in the UK.

[Scunner]

Hi Karen,

I don't know what forums you have been reading but I don't know of any women that are frightened by Turkish men. I am frightened for the women when I hear the smooth patter of the local barmen, but the girls themselves are anything but frightened.

Kerb crawling happens everywhere, I have heard stories of it here but in truth they are looking for what you think they are - they aren't looking at it from you, you are just walking in a place where maybe such 'services' can be obtained?

I wouldn't advise women to walk anywhere alone after dark, but given the choice I'd send 'er indoors walking home from the bar here before choosing to send her home on her own in the UK.

Regarding schools, my little terrors actually started school in Fethiye (i.e they were too young for school when we lived in the UK) - the school is fantastic, we love it, the kids adore it and we have two 5 year olds that will learn about more than volcanoes and algebra, they will learn respect and manners.

Kids learn Turkish amazingly quickly so integration with Turkish children isn't much of an issue. Having said that, ours would play for hours with Turkish children before they knew a word of Turkish. Playtime - a language free zone?

Trouble is, they are nearly fluent at 5 years old and their dumb parents are certainly not. So when one was told off by their mother for telling the other to 'shut up' their conversation turned instantly to Turkish - you can't win!

The fear you say you feel in the UK is commonplace, here it is not - and your real friends here are always there for you.

Hope that helps

Scunner
p.s. what is the Turkish for shut up, I'll get the little sods

[tribalelder]

My er indoors says she would be confident of walking through Fethiye in the dark and we have never experienced or seen any of the kerb crawling problems at all. So please do not read more into this than there really is. Yes Turkish males will try and chat up the ladies all the time so what time does that change to being kerb crawling?

p.s Keith.....the word believe it or not is Sus!

[Karen06]

hey Scunner and tribalelder, thank you for your feedback, how long have you both been living in Turkey? and is there quite a big English community where u live? Is there much to do during the winter months? My sons was wondering if there is any general entertainment and if so, what?

Karen

[john eadie]

hi karen   we are in a similar situation we are moving to kusadasi for 3 months , on 1st of may .all going well going back to uk for i month. to rent our house here and then back to turkey for 6 months over the winter months.if everything is ok we will stay for good.  cheers good luck  jonno